Episode

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

Podcast: Current Affairs
Published: May 27, 2026
Duration seconds: 2293
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Summary

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.