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Ross Wilson, the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul who was on one of the last flights out of Afghanistan, has tested positive for COVID, a new report revealed on Wednesday. Wilson, who was vaccinated, has very mild, cold-like symptoms, sources told Politico. Wilson, who was the charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy, spent his final weeks in country working at the Kabul airport to help with the evacuation... ...Only one percent of the Afghan population is fully vaccinated, according to John Hopkins data. ...

Turkish Media: Washington No Longer Trusts AKP Government The American-Turkish Council's annual conference, which took place in Washington, D.C. in late March 2006, reflected the current chill in Turkish-U.S. relations. While in previous years this conference was always attended by leading Turkish and U.S. government figures, businessmen, and military figures, this year it was marked by sparse participation. Most of the Turkish officials in attendance told the press that Turkish-U.S. relations were in much worse shape than they had previously believed.Two emissaries sent by Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a fence-mending mission to Washington following the ATC conference also...