Nader Nadery, a member of the peace negotiating team representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in the talks with the Taliban, has accused the group of not showing interest in attending the formal meetings to end the war in the country over the past nine days.

Amid speculation over the stalemate in the talks, meanwhile, President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday met some of Afghanistan’s influential political leaders including former president Hamid Karzai and former jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayaf and the head of the High Council of National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah.

The Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, Bahadur Aminian, said that Iran would like the Afghan peace process out from under the monopoly of 'certain nations.'

Meanwhile, the Taliban's deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has arrived in Tehran where he is meeting top Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.