Contact group meetings between both sides of the Afghan peace negotiations in Doha have not been held for the past three days. The meetings were aimed at reaching an agreement about the procedural rules intended to guide the formal talks.

The disputed points:

The Taliban demands recognition of the US-Taliban agreement as the 'mother deal' underlying the Afghan peace negotiations, and Hanafi Figh as the sole religious legal guidelines for the talks.

Reports say that the republic's team has suggested alternatives to the Taliban’s demands.

The republic's team has proposed that if a religious issue arises it can be solved based on Hanafi Figh by default, however, the Shia Personal Status Law must be respected, and the choice of religious jurisprudence should be given to other minority groups as well.

In this episode host Zarmina Mohammadi discusses the topic with Tariq Farhadi, university lecturer.