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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Abid Hussain

Trump embraces Pakistan: ‘Tactical romance’ or a new ‘inner circle’?

US President Donald Trump and Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir [AP Photo]

Islamabad, Pakistan – In his first address to a joint session of Congress on March 4 this year, after becoming United States president for a second time, Donald Trump made a striking revelation.

He referred to the deadly Abbey Gate bombing at Kabul airport in August 2021 – which occurred as thousands of Afghans tried to flee following the Taliban takeover – and said the alleged perpetrator had been apprehended.

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