Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster

About this episode

Waqas Ahmed discusses the U.S. role in the ouster of Imran Khan and the evolving U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

Waqas Ahmed is a Pakistani journalist whose work has appeared in The Intercept and Drop Site News. He joins Current Affairs to discuss his recent reporting with Murtaza Hussain and Ryan Grim on the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, the ouster and imprisonment of Imran Khan, and how Washington went from suspicion of Pakistan to embracing its military-backed government.

People in this episode

Host: Current Affairs

Guest: Waqas Ahmed

Topics covered

• U.S.-Pakistan relationship
• Imran Khan
• political ouster
• journalism
• government
• international relations

Keywords

• U.S. role
• Imran Khan
• Pakistan
• political ouster
• journalism
• Waqas Ahmed
• Murtaza Hussain
• Ryan Grim

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Places: U.S., Pakistan

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