A senior Taliban member and deputy head of their Qatar office said on Monday, after the first day’s session, that the group would talk to the Afghan government once a timeline was set for the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.

Abdul Salam Hanafi said the Taliban would talk, on camera, to the Afghan government about disputed issues, including a ceasefire, once a timeframe was announced about the withdrawal of foreign troops.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Sadaf Amiri discusses the topic with the following guests:

Mawlana Fareed, political analyst 

Hamid Saboori, international relations affairs analyst