A meeting was held between heads and some members of the negotiating teams in Doha on Monday evening and was focused on the continuation of the negotiations, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said.

He said the working groups were asked to continue their meetings to finalize the agenda of the negotiations.

An 8-year-old child was killed on Sunday in a blast in Kabul. He was collecting money from motorists after smoking pecan for them as a good omen to ward off evil and ill fortune.

Surab, 8, worked on Kabul streets with two brothers every day. Sometimes they sold bubble gum.