The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Doha where he will resume the peace talks with the Taliban negotiators, sources familiar with the Doha talks said on Friday.

Lawmakers in Afghanistan’s parliament on Friday lashed out at the National Unity Government under President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah for not being able to end the "caretaking trend" in the government institutions which requires appointing full-fledged leaders.