Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan confirmed that 13 countries expressed their readiness to hold intra-Afghan peace talks on their territory: Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar, China, Norway, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Japan.
According to Haneef Atmar, no consultations on the venue of the talks have been held yet. The Taliban would like the negotiations to be held in turn in different countries.