Sources said that an 11-member team of Afghan politicians are expected to travel to Doha by the end of this week for talks with the Taliban, reports Tolo News on July 13. Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Yunus Qanooni, Karim Khalili, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Salam Rahimi, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, EnayatullahBaligh and Fatima Gailaniare part of the team, sources said. Notably, both Abdullah Abdullah, the Head of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), and former president Hamid Karzai, on July 13 said they expect important steps to be taken in the peace talks within the next few days.