A row over the status of the Taliban's Doha office shows no sign of abating as the militant group continues to display its flag, despite Afghan protests.
A BBC correspondent in the Qatari capital says the flag still flies, albeit on a shorter flagpole.
Last night US Secretary of State John Kerry told President Hamid Karzai the flag and nameplate would be removed.
Afghan officials rejected such moves as insufficient and voiced anger at Taliban claims about the office.
"It is a kind of Taliban establishment which we don't want," Muhammad Ismael Qasemyar, a member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, told the BBC.
Mr Qasemyar said negotiators objected to the statement made by the Taliban when the office was established, which had indicated the office would be used to represent the Taliban to the outside world.
He said that was against a previous agreement that it would only be used as a location for peace talks.
"Unless our demands are accepted, we are not going to take part in Qatar talks," he added.
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