August 18, 2021: Anas Haqqani, a Taliban commander and senior leader of the Haqqani Network militant group, has met former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for talks on government formation, according to reports.

Karzai was reportedly accompanied by the old government`s main peace envoy, Abdullah Abdullah, in the meeting, said the Taliban official, who declined to be identified.

The Haqqani Network is an important faction of the Taliban, which captured the capital, Kabul, on Sunday. The network, based on the border with Pakistan, was accused over recent years of some of the most deadly militant attacks in Afghanistan.