The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad briefed President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday night in Kabul following six days of talks with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. 

In a statement issued by the Presidential Palace, Ghani’s office said Khalilzad quashed rumors of talks around the future structure of Afghanistan’s system with the Taliban and that there was no truth in reports of an interim government.