Following eighteen months of diplomacy, the US and the Taliban signed a deal on February 29 in Doha with the aim of bringing peace to Afghanistan, but the next milestone--March 10--has been missed, which was the scheduled date for the beginning of the intra-Afghan talks.

According to the US-Taliban peace agreement, the intra-Afghan talks were scheduled to start on March 10 on the condition that the Afghan government ensure the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners from its jails, and the Taliban would reciprocate by releasing 1,000 captives as well.

In this program host Nimatullah Rawan discussed the topic with the following guests:

Khalil Safi, head of a peace foundation

Amanullah Hotaki, political analyst

Abdul Raouf Shapoon, member of the Wolesi Jirga

Shahzada Masood, political analyst