The Afghan Taliban and the United States have been holding talks in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed that the talks were taking place.
The Taliban suspended the talks one year ago, saying Washington was giving mixed signals on the nascent Afghan reconciliation process.
"Senior leaders of the Taliban and the Americans are engaged in talks in the Gulf state on a daily basis," Karzai told a gathering to mark International Women's Day.
But the Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, said no progress had been made since the talks were suspended.
"The Taliban strongly rejects Karzai's comments," he said.
The Kabul government has been pushing hard to get the Taliban to the negotiating table before most US-led NATO combat troops withdraw by the end of 2014.
Afghan officials have not held direct talks with the militants, who were toppled in 2001 and have proven resilient after more than a decade of war with Western forces.
Meanwhile, a joint news conference that had been scheduled for the Afghan President and US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been cancelled over security concerns.
It comes a day after a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed nine civilians, about a kilometre away from where Hagel was holding a meeting yesterday.
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