As a Taliban delegation visits Islamabad to meet with senior Pakistani officials, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Idris Zaman, said on Saturday that the group’s aim cannot be peace negotiations, or, if so, such an aim would come to nothing.

Instead, said Zaman, addressing a press conference in Kabul, the Taliban delegation met with US officials to discuss the release of American hostages held by the militant group.

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday called for campaign teams to submit fully-completed financial reports, saying that only six teams have done so, and that reports from Ashraf Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah and Enayatullah Hafiz are still lacking information.

“Those whose reports are incomplete are President Ashraf Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah and Enayatullah Hafiz and they have been told that they must complete their financial reports as soon as possible and send them back to the Commission,” said Shaima Sorosh, a Commission spokeswoman.