Afghanistan and the Taliban leaders restarted secret talks in the Qatari capital of Doha. The negotiations between the Islamic fundamentalists and Kabul brokered by Islamabad had been halted after the United States killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a drone strike in May. <br/><br/>The Guardian reported yesterday citing sources in the Afghan government and intelligence services that the negotiations between Afghan authorities and the Islamists had been renewed.