Hamdullah Mohib, the National Security Adviser of Afghanistan, who was sidelined along with the rest of the Afghan government during the recent failed US-Taliban peace talks, said in a recent interview with Fox News that many hardline Taliban fighters will not join a peace process. Further, Mohib claimed that the Taliban is already merging with Al-Qaida, and in the event of a peace deal some members of the Taliban might join Daesh. 

Latest figures released by the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) show that over 2.6 million votes have been counted so far and the number might change as the process continues.