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AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday has called on the Taliban to show willingness to make a real compromise at the negotiating table, and expect resumption of peace talks between US and Taliban. “We would welcome the resumption of the talks, but then Taliban must …

By Robert Ovadia I have never seen disinformation weaponised with such venom as my time in Hong Kong. We see in social media, right around the world, people’s refusal to acknowledge basic fact if it doesn’t confirm their entrenched political bias. In Hong Kong right now, this is toxic and …

AT News Report KABUL: Electoral crisis in Afghanistan is displaying the death of democracy, the Diplomat Magazine writes in an article. The magazine said on Sunday that the September 28th presidential election and people’s participation, shows this bitter fact that democracy in this country needs an urgent reinterpretation. Diplomat said …

AT News Report KABUL: The US Embassy in Kabul in a tweet on Wednesday called on “everyone to respect the time required” for the Afghan election organizations to finish processing the votes, saying it is “better to be right than fast.” This comes US deputy ambassador, Karen Decker after visiting …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Germany has deported another group of failed Afghan asylum seekers to their country, according to the dpa news agency. Forty-four Afghans arrived in Kabul on October 9 — the 28th such group that has been deported in less than three years. Since December 2016, 720 Afghans …

AT News Report KABUL: The Government of Russia has welcomed the conduct of the presidential election in Afghanistan on September 28 despite the tense military and political situation and the existence of terrorist threats. Fortunately, this election was accompanied by fewer casualties than the parliamentary elections of 2018, Russian Foreign …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the need for all Afghan groups to participate in peace talks, calling on foreign sides to allow Afghanistan to decide for itself. “We pursue peace talks in Afghanistan with all sides, but we do not accept a peace that …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper began briefing allied officials in Europe on an emerging peace deal with the Taliban, but he cautioned that no final deal has been sealed to end the longest war in American history. “Negotiations in some ways are still ongoing,” he told reporters …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As a Taliban delegation led by Abdul Ghani Baradar is currently in Islamabad, where according to sources, he held meeting with US special envoy for Afghanistan, the Indian government has stated that there is a need for involvement of all stakeholders, including the Afghan government, in …

With tens of rounds of gun salutes, pageantry for 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China’s birthday began on Tuesday at Tiananmen Square–the heart of Beijing. A massive parade by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exhibited China’s military might and warfare capabilities, a big surprise to the world at …