"… Committed to respect and protect the dignity of people, their life and property and to minimise the civilian casualties to zero," a joint statement released at the end of the talks in Doha said late on Monday.
The statement also pledged to guarantee the security of public institutions.
"Ensuring the security of public institutions, such as schools, religious madrassas, hospitals, markets, water dams and other working locations," the statement said.
Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, a member of the Taliban delegation, said the group of Afghan delegates which also included members from the Afghan government, was on the same page on civilian casualties.
"Afghan people will be protected, we have always wanted this, they are never the target," he told Al Jazeera.
"We have all agreed to the fact that the civilians should not be affected,
war continues, but our aim is to reduce civilian casualties to zero."
Direct US-Taliban talks
The promises came
a day after at least 18 people were killed and more than 180 wounded, including scores of children, in a car bomb attack claimed by the Taliban which has been running a bloody armed rebellion since it was removed from power in 2001.
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