Talks have begun in Qatar to help bring an end to almost two decades of conflict in war-torn Afghanistan.
Schedules and a code of conduct for the talks were discussed in meetings on Sunday, according to both sides, but talks on substantive issues are yet to get underway.
A roadside mine blast in the capital wounded two civilians, and another explosion in Kabul district resulted in no casualties.Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, called the upsurge of violence a"miscalculation". A comprehensive peace deal could take years, and will depend on the willingness of both sides to tailor their competing visions for Afghanistan and the extent to which they can agree to share power.
Ashley Jackson, a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute said she"anticipated internal differences but are decision-makers, which cannot be said for the Afghan government side". But Sultan Barakat, director of the Centre for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute, said"it was too early to discuss an interim government".
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