Senior Taliban officials and US representatives have discussed “opening a new page” in their countries’ relationship, as they kicked off talks in Doha, according to Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister, Al Jazeera reported.

It is the first such meeting since US forces withdrew from Afghanistan in late August, ending a 20-year military presence there, and the Taliban’s rise to power in the nation. Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi said the focus of the Afghan delegation was humanitarian aid, as well as the implementation of the agreement the Taliban had signed with Washington last year, which paved the way for the final US withdrawal, the report said.