Two members of the Afghan government's 21-member peace negotiating team, Sharifa Zurmati Wardak and Fawzia Koofi, took part in an online meeting with Rebecca Zimmerman, a US deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, as well as with a number of human rights activists to discuss the role of women in the peace process, the negotiating team said on Saturday

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan militant leader turned politician, on Friday presented a list of demands to the Afghan government, threatening protests in cities across the country if not heeded

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan militant leader turned politician, has called a protest in Kabul for Friday, saying Ashraf Ghani's administration must resign to pave the way for an interim government