Kabul: A six-member Afghan government team has left for Qatar where they will meet Taliban members after the militant groups signs the long-awaited peace deal with the US on Saturday in Doha, sources said.

In a statement on Thursday, the Presidential Palace called the team "a group to establish initial contacts" with the Taliban and they were meeting with the militant group at their request and also of the US, TOLO News reported.

This meeting will be the first between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Part of the US-Taliban agreement was the release of 5,000 prisoners, about which the Washington government wanted a meeting between the militant and representatives of the Afghan government, the sources said on Thursday.

The US-Taliban deal comes after the 18-month gruelling talks resulting in the imminent agreement under which foreign troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan.

In return, the Taliban have agreed not to allow the Afghan soil to be used against any other country.