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Group's spokesperson says the first round of talks would be led by the former chief negotiator of Taliban, Abbas Stanikzai.

A traditional Afghan council concluded Sunday with hundreds of delegates agreeing to free 400 Taliban members, paving the way for an early start to negotiations between Afghanistan's warring sides.

Making the announcement about the decree, Ghani's spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi on Tuesday said that details will be shared today

The US called on the Taliban to stop the attacks and uphold their commitments based on the peace agreement, which lays out a conditions-based path to the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack at a football ground in Khost in eastern Afghanistan, where three brothers were killed, officials told AFP

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan, said Pakistan "welcomes" the peace agreement between the two sides

The President said he would sign a peace deal with the Taliban if it worked out over the next week

NBC on Saturday cited three current and former US officials as saying the Trump administration intends to announce the drawdown of 4,000 troops from Afghanistan.

The Taliban now control or hold sway over half the country

The US, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban in 2001, wants to withdraw thousands of troops and turn the page on its longest ever war

A UN report released last year said that more than 2 million Afghan children aged 6-14 were engaged in some form of child labor

President Ashraf Ghani extended his unilateral ceasefire, initially due to end on Wednesday, by 10 days