Officials had locked the city down, anticipating talks between U.S. and Iranian delegations. But they didn’t happen. “What did I close my business for?” one business owner asked.
Residents of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, lived in a state of quasi lockdown for nearly a week as they awaited Iranian and U.S. negotiators who were expected to gather for high-level talks in their usually quiet city.
But the negotiators did not sh… [1730 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2026-04-26T10:05:43Z
Credit: The New York Times
