The head of HPC secretariat Umer Daudzai said on Sunday during a press conference that the total number of peace Jirga delegates will be almost 3,000.

The head of HPC secretariat and Afghan president’s special envoy on regional consensus for peace Umer Daudzai has recently met with the executive director of the European Institute of Peace (EIP) Michael Keating and discussed the peace process.

A planned meeting of hundreds of Afghan politicians and tribal, ethnic, and religious leaders aimed at discussing negotiations with the Taliban has been postponed, officials say.

The chairman of Afghanistan high peace council (HPC) M. Karim Khalili says that in order to reach a lasting peace, world countries should coordinate their capacities and abilities to obviate war factors.

The peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban representatives in Doha, the capital of Qatar entered a fourth day on Thursday as the two sides trying to reach on a potential deal to bring an end to the 17-year conflict in Afghanistan.

High Peace Council (HPC) says Taliban has formulated a 10-member negotiating team for peace talks with the Afghan government.

Pakistan Foreign Ministry Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that his country will cooperate with Afghanistan and US on the Afghan peace process.

 The Afghan government on Sunday asked the Taliban to name their own negotiating team for peace talks.

The High Peace Council (HPC) said Saturday that the warring parties needed to utilize the opportunities for peace and that “ambiguity” is not the solution for problems facing the peace process.

Taliban have sent a letter to Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC), shared their view on peace talks with the council for the first time.

The High Peace Council (HPC) says that the Taliban delegation and the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad had reached agreements over a number of issues.

 President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said Saudi Arabia emerged as Afghanistan’s strategic partner in the peace process, urging Riyadh’s cooperation in ensuring peace in the war-torn country.