Afghan Taliban militants and villagers celebrate the peace deal with the US in early March 2020, but the insurgents have rejected the negotiators named by the government in Kabul. (Photo: AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)

KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday (Mar 29) rejected an Afghan government negotiation team set up to hold talks with the insurgent group in a bid to end the country's 18-year-old conflict.