Negotiations in Doha and an escalation in the field .. The Taliban attack Helmand and incur casualties in southern Kabul

The Taliban movement killed several government soldiers today, Monday, in Helmand province, and at the same time suffered heavy human losses in Wardak, south of the capital, Kabul, while negotiations are continuing between the movement and the Americans in Doha.

The Al-Jazeera correspondent in Afghanistan reported that eight Afghan soldiers were killed in a car bomb explosion, which was claimed by the Taliban.

The attack targeted an Afghan army checkpoint in the "Nad Ali" district of Helmand province, in the south of the country.

German news agency DPA reported that the attack resulted in 10 deaths, including eight soldiers.

The Helmand governor's office posted on Facebook that a child and an elderly man were also killed in the attack.

A Taliban spokesman announced in a statement that the attack resulted in the fall of a large number of government forces.

In a separate incident, a local official said that nine police officers were killed in a separate incident late Sunday night while they were trying to dismantle an explosive device planted on the side of the highway between Lashkargah and Sangin district of Helmand province.

On the other hand, the Afghan Ministry of Interior announced that 25 Taliban militants were killed last night in Wardak State, south of the capital, Kabul.

According to the ministry, the Taliban were killed during a sweep by Afghan special forces to secure the highway linking the capital and southern states.

Doha negotiations
Politically, the Al-Jazeera correspondent in Afghanistan quoted a source in the Taliban movement as saying that the movement’s representatives and the United States discussed during their talks in Doha the date of signing an agreement between the two parties and the exchange of prisoners.

The source said that there is great optimism about the success of the negotiations between the Taliban and Washington this time.

He added that the movement agreed to stop suicide attacks, while US forces pledged to stop night raid operations in Afghanistan.

Earlier, Afghan presidential spokesman, Latif Mahmoudi, expressed his country's welcome to the resumption of peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in the Qatari capital, Doha.

Mahmoudi told reporters that the US government briefed its Afghan counterpart on the peace talks that started Saturday with the Taliban.

He stated that the talks will address issues including reducing violence in Afghanistan and implementing a ceasefire.