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US Meets China Russia and Pakistan to Talk Peace in Afghanistan<\/strong><\/p>\n ISLAMABAD \u2014 Representatives of Russia, China, the United States and Pakistan have agreed that negotiation is the only road to peace in Afghanistan, including an early resumption of direct U.S. talks with the Taliban.<\/p>\n The day-long talks in Moscow on Friday came ahead of an intra-Afghan dialogue to be hosted by China. The Beijing talks, which initially were to be held next week, have been postponed, according to officials familiar with the talks. Speaking on condition they not be identified because of they were not authorized to talk about the subject, they said the postponement would be brief but no new date was given.<\/p>\n When the China talks take place, they will be the first face-to-face discussions between Afghan warring sides since July. Even President Ashraf Ghani, who has objected to any talks not led by his government, said late Friday that he would send representatives.<\/p>\n There has been no official announcement of a postponement, but previous intra-Afghan talks have been delayed while both sides squabbled over participants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n NOROKs Running out of Patience with US <\/strong><\/p>\n SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea on Sunday said it\u2019s running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and unilateral disarmament demands, and warned that a close personal relationship between the leaders alone wouldn\u2019t be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from derailing.<\/p>\n In a statement published by Pyongyang\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency, senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol said there has been no substantial progress in relations despite warm ties between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. He said the persisting hostility means \u201cthere can be the exchange of fire at any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Kim Yong Chol said the Trump administration would be \u201cseriously mistaken\u201d if it ignores an end-of-year deadline set by Kim Jong Un to propose mutually acceptable terms for a deal to salvage nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n The North issued a similar statement on Thursday that was attributed to veteran diplomat Kim Kye Gwan. He criticized U.S. officials for maintaining \u201cCold War mentality and ideological prejudice\u201d and urged the United States to act \u201cwisely\u201d through the end of the year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n Meantime, Russia doesn\u2019t like the US moves to protect the Syrian oil industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n MOSCOW \u2014 Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry on Saturday harshly criticized the United States decision to send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, calling it \u201cbanditry.\u201d<\/p>\n U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said the move is aimed at keeping the fields from potentially falling into the hands of Islamic State militants. The decision was the latest sign that extracting the U.S. military from Syria is more uncertain and complicated than President Donald Trump has made it out to be.<\/p>\n On Saturday, there were several troop movements in Syria as the various players adjusted to the U.S. decision to withdraw troops from the northeast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Military Times<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/kim-jong-un-240x300.jpg\")
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