Experts say the big challenges facing those trying to hash out an agreement include safeguarding the rights of women and minorities who suffer under Taliban rule.
Afghanistan's warring sides have started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan Government for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.A permanent ceasefire and the rights of women and minorities are expected to be discussedChanges to the country's official name and flag design could be part of the deals discussed
Officials, diplomats and analysts said organising for both sides to be at the negotiating table was an achievement, but the path to peace would not necessarily be easy. This includes the right to work, education and participation in political life, which were all denied to women when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan for five years.
US forces intervened in Afghanistan on the orders of former president George W Bush a month after the attacks to hunt down their mastermind, Osama bin Laden, a Saudi who had been given sanctuary by the country's radical Islamist Taliban rulers.Hekmatullah , who killed three Australian soldiers in a 2012 attack, is one of six prisoners transferred to Qatar for the talks.
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