The High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR) on Thursday said that the US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told the Afghan government that the Taliban in principle have no problem with participating in the upcoming UN-led conference on Afghanistan in Turkey.

Nemat Rawan, former TOLOnews anchor and a media official at the Ministry of Finance, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kandahar on Thursday, his relatives confirmed.