(By Pan Yixuan, Adapted from China Daily) Editor’s Note: Doubts have again been raised over the Belt and Road Initiative’s goals, with some calling it a “debt trap” for participating countries and China’s “geopolitical expansion tool”. Why are anti-China elements using such ploys to malign China? And will they see …

AT News Report KABUL: The trilateral meeting between special envoys of United States, Russia and China in Moscow concluded on Thursday where they reached consensus on the Afghan peace process. It was the second trilateral consultation on Afghanistan in Moscow, in which US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, Chinese Special Envoy Deng Xijun, …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) broke into a pair of Taliban prison in southern Zabul province and freed 53 prisoners—both military personnel and civilians held by the Taliban, security institutions said Friday. ANDSF raided a Taliban terrorist prison in Ulam village of Daichupan …

By Seddiq Hussainy The much-touted BRI – the Belt and Road Initiative – which had been proposed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 is achieving remarkably in terms of international and regional recognition and trust. More and more countries are coming in terms with the fact that the …

AT-KABUL- Afghan Ministry of Defense is working on a plan to collect unnecessary check posts in nonstrategic areas of the country and to resemble them in large bases and outposts. Asadullah Khalid, Acting Deference Minister in a press briefing on Thursday explained the ministry will dissolve all the unnecessary check …

AT News Report KABUL: The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad claims that serious steps were not taken from Afghans regarding the peace process and an intra-Afghan dialogue, despite the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan would pose no threat to the world. “No serious steps have been taken over …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says that the intra-Afghan dialogue on Afghan peace was imminent to be held in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The meeting between Taliban representatives and politicians from Kabul scheduled to be held on April 19 in Doha, was canceled after President …

AT News Reports KABUL: Sar-e-Pul provincial council says that the Taliban “activities have vastly increased in the province, adding that the group extort the welfare projects and enjoy supports from drug smuggling. Head of provincial council, Mohammad Noor Rahmani, said on Wednesday that the Taliban conduct night attacks on the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker has encouraged Afghan youth to find their collective voice and take the lead to promote and safeguard the last 18-year progress made in their country. “We respect the wisdom of Afghan elders, but we invest in Afghan youth. Now is the …

AT News Report KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday released its quarterly report on the protection of civilian casualties in armed conflict that indicated a 23 percent decrease in civilian casualties across the country. According to report in the first quarter of 2019, the UNAMA continued …