The team will be led by Masoom Stanikzai

Some members of the government’s negotiating team for peace talks with the Taliban say they are not aware of their selection, insisting that the President’s Office has not consulted them in this regard yet.

 President Ashraf Ghani’s administration has formed its own negotiating team of eleven members led by Chief of Staff Salam Rahimi for seeking and initiating peace talks with the Taliban.