Amid growing hopes for result-oriented negotiations on the Afghan peace process, the US and Taliban officials are going to attend the fifth round of talks in Qatar on Monday.
 
The main topics of the talks would be the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, ensuring that Afghanistan’s territory is not used as a threat against any other country, a comprehensive ceasefire and direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, according to President Ghani’s spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri.
 
Meanwhile, a source confirmed to TOLOnews that Mullah Ghani Baradar, Taliban’s number two and the group’s head of the political committee is en route to Doha for talks with the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.
 
The Afghan government remains optimistic about the results of the talks as a senior official put it on Saturday.
 
In this episode of Mehwar, host Wahid Ahmadi discusses the topic with Ahmad Saeedi, a political affairs analyst.