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HEADLINE: Bagram Air Base Inaccessible as Saudi Arabia Seeks Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella for Regional Security Assurance GUEST NAME: Bill Roggio and Husain Haqqani SUMMARY: Bill Roggio and Husain Haqqani discuss President Trump's unlikely ambition to reta

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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HEADLINE: Bagram Air Base Inaccessible as Saudi Arabia Seeks Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella for Regional Security Assurance
GUEST NAME: Bill Roggio and Husain Haqqani
SUMMARY: Bill Roggio and Husain Haqqani discuss President Trump's unlikely ambition to retake Bagram, analyzing the new Saudi-Pakistan nuclear umbrella pact as a strategic signal against perceived US unreliability.

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I'm John Batchel with my colleagues, Hesonikani, of the Hudson Institute, a senior fellow,

0:29.8

former ambassador from Pakistan to the United States, and Bill Rajio, a senior fellow from the

0:34.9

Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, keeping the Long World Journal, where you can see the reports on these unusual presentations.

0:42.3

First, the Bagram, and now the Reuters headline in these last days.

0:47.6

Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella in a Middle East security picture.

0:52.5

That requires interpretation and a solution because these

0:57.1

are big words they're using. What's going on? Asana, come to you. There's a photograph of

1:03.5

Muhammad bin Salman who's a very healthy young man, large and healthy, gripping the shoulder of the

1:10.3

Prime Minister of Pakistan and everyone is smiling, Mr. Sharif.

1:16.1

Everyone is smiling.

1:18.0

Why is Muhammad bin Salman smiling so broadly?

1:20.6

Is something changed?

1:21.7

I've always understood that Saudi Arabia was generous towards Pakistan.

1:27.0

What has changed is Pakistan and Saudi Arabia's willingness to suggest that

1:33.4

Saudi Arabia now enjoys a Pakistani nuclear umbrella.

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