National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib on Tuesday assured the Afghan people that the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) will retake all districts that have fallen to the Taliban.

Mohib said that the Taliban, by increasing the level of violence, has shown they are not willing to make peace, and that the people are ready to fight the Taliban alongside the ANDSF.

Qatar's Special Envoy to Afghanistan arrived in Kabul on Tuesday where he met a number of senior Afghan political leaders including former president Hamid Karzai to discuss how to expedite the stalled Doha peace talks. Al-Qahtani is also expected to meet Afghan government officials.

The visit of Special Envoy to Afghanistan Mutlaq al-Qahtani to Kabul comes as a group of politicians led by Abdullah Abdullah postponed a trip to Qatar for talks with the Taliban following an unprecedented escalation of Taliban attacks.