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CHEQUERS: President Donald Trump said Thursday he was working to “get back” Bagram airbase, which the United States gave up control of after the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
“We’re trying to get it back, by the way, that could be a little breaking news. We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us. We want that base back,” Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
India to ‘study
implications’ of
Pakistan-Saudi
Arabia defence pact
News Desk
NEW DELHI: Reacting to the historic defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, India has said that New Delhi will study the development’s implications with regard to its national security, regional and global security.
“We have seen reports of the signing of a strategic mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan,” India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Shri Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement on Thursday.
“The government remains committed to protecting India’s national interests and ensuring comprehensive national security in all domains,” it added.
India’s reaction — to be interpreted against the backdrop of its hostilities with Pakistan in May — comes a day after Islamabad and Riyadh formalised a landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement, pledging to treat any aggression against one country as aggression against both.
India had launched cross-border strikes into Pakistan, prompting the latter to first down multiple Indian Air Force (IAF) jets in retaliation, followed by the launch of “Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos”. The conflict eventually ended after a ceasefire brokered by the United States.
