The negotiating team representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in the talks with the Taliban made new suggestions to break the current deadlock in its recent meeting with the Taliban side, sources within the republic’s team said on Wednesday.

After two weeks of stopped talks, the contact groups from both sides of the Afghan negotiations resumed their meetings on Monday to seek an agreement on procedural rules intended for the formal talks. However, the recent meeting also ended without an outcome.

According to sources, one of the suggestions is to remove the discussion about the controversial procedural rules and discuss them in the next phase of the talks.

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