The Afghan government is expected to finalise a peace deal with a notorious militant insurgent group within days, marking a breakthrough in attempts to end the country's 15-year war.
Following two years' of negotiations, the agreement with the armed wing of Hezb-i-Islami could be completed on Sunday, says Kabul's High Peace Council deputy head Ataul Rahman Saleem.
A senior representative of Hezb-i-Islami, Amin Karim, says he also expects President Ashraf Ghani to approve the final version of the agreement on Sunday.
Such a deal would mark a much-needed success for Ghani in forging peace with insurgent groups fighting to overthrow the Kabul administration.
His attempts to open a dialogue with the Taliban, mainly with overtures to the Pakistan government which is believed to support it, have failed.
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Hezb-i-Islami is led by warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, best known for killing thousands of people in Kabul during the 1992-1996 civil war.
He is believed to be in Pakistan, though Karim has said he is in an unspecified location in Afghanistan.
Under the terms of the 25-point agreement, he could soon return to Kabul to sign a formal peace deal and take up residence.
Hekmatyar, in his late 60s, is designated a "global terrorist" by the United States and blacklisted by the United Nations along with Osama bin Laden.
The agreement obliges the Afghan government to do what it can to have the restrictions lifted.
