Negotiating teams from both sides in Doha held a meeting on Monday night but it ended without an agreement over the procedural rules.

The meeting followed reports that US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and envoys of other countries supporting the Afghan peace process had gotten involved in the talks to help find a way forward.

“This evening, a meeting was held between the contact groups, and, during the meeting, the remaining contested issues were discussed, and it was agreed that the meetings would continue,” said Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem.

Delegates from the Afghan republic’s negotiating team said an agreement on the procedural rules of the negotiations might be reached within the next two days.

The two sides have agreed on 18 out of 20 articles for the procedural rules, but two main articles—the religious jurisprudence for the talks and the connection of the US-Taliban deal with the negotiations—remain unsolved. The Taliban insists that if a dispute emerges during the negotiations, the solution must be sought using the Hanafi jurisprudence and that the foundation for the talks should be the peace deal that the group signed with the US in late February.

In this episode, host Wahid Ahmadi discusses the topic with the following guests:

Omar Samad, former Afghan envoy in France and Canada

Hashmatullah Radfar, adviser to Abdullah Abdullah