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US pullout from Kabul strengthened IS: ex-Centcom chief

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023WASHINGTON: The militant Islamic State group (IS) has become a more enduring threat than Al Qaeda after the US withdrawal from Afghanis­tan, Gen Kenneth Frank McKenzie, former head of the US Central Command, said in television interviews last week. Gen Erik Kurilla, the curr­ent Centcom chief, had voiced similar apprehensions in a rec­ent interview, saying that the IS could carry out an “external operation” against the United States…

China tells IMF willing to take constructive part in debt talks

report in Daily Mirror online, Mar 2, 2023Premier Li Keqiang told the head of the International Monetary Fund that China is open to participating in multilateral efforts to help heavily indebted nations “in a constructive manner,” China Central Television reported. “China is willing to take part in resolving relevant countries’ debt issues,” Li said in a phone call Wednesday with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, according to CCTV. “China maintains that all sides should take…

A dark day: Editorial in Dawn, December 16th, 2022

EIGHT years ago today, the trail of terror and destruction wreaked across this country since nearly a decade before reached its apotheosis in the Army Public School, Peshawar, attack. As the horror unfolded on television screens across the country, distraught parents could be seen milling at the school gates, their children at the mercy of pitiless assailants on a rampage inside the premises. By the time the sound of gunfire and explosions from within had…