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Attacks On Chinese Workers In Pakistan Raise Regional Security Questions For Beijing July 30, 2021 Share share Print An attack by gunmen on two Chinese workers in Pakistan on July 28 is the latest in a string of incidents that has left Beijing reevaluating how best to protect its citizens and interests in the country, which has become strategically important as the centerpiece of its multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The most recent incident happened in the port city of Karachi, where gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on a car carrying the Chinese men, which sent them to th...

Pak evades responsibility for Afghan envoy's daughter kidnapping, terms incident as 'international conspiracy' ANI | Updated: Jul 19, 2021 04:55 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): While Islamabad is being slammed over the kidnapping and assault of the Afghan envoy's daughter, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed tried to evade the responsibility by terming the horrific incident an "international conspiracy". Despite the Afghan government's sharp response against the kidnapping, the Pakistani minister went on to claim that the daughter of ...

Pak says Afghan envoy's daughter wasn't abducted 19 Jul 2021, 09:37 GMT+10 Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): While Islamabad is being slammed over the kidnapping and assault of the Afghan envoy's daughter, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed tried to evade the responsibility by terming the horrific incident an "international conspiracy". Despite the Afghan government's sharp response against the kidnapping, the Pakistani minister went on to claim that the daughter of the Afghan envoy "wasn't kidnapped at all". Speaking on Geo News programme Naya Pakistan on Sunday, Ahmed said t...

Daily Times July 17, 2021 The last remaining US soldiers stationed at the Bagram Air Base, once the symbol of US presence in Afghanistan, returned home on Friday July 2, just in time to spend the fourth of July weekend with their families. The transfer of the airfield – just 40 miles to the north of Kabul – to Afghan forces marks the virtual end of the longest war in American history. After this drawdown, approximately 650 US soldiers are expected to remain in Afghanistan with the limited mission of protecting the US embassy and Kabul’s international airport. In order to allay the fears...

The Afghanistan conundrum Frank F Islam The last remaining US soldiers stationed at the Bagram Air Base, once the symbol of US presence in Afghanistan, returned home on Friday July 2, just in time to spend the fourth of July weekend with their families. The transfer of the airfield – just 40 miles to the north of Kabul – to Afghan forces marks the virtual end of the longest war in American history. After this drawdown, approximately 650 US soldiers are expected to remain in Afghanistan with the limited mission of protecting the US embassy and Kabul’s international airpor...