The four Afghan factions holding talks in Bonn have reached agreement on a United Nations blueprint for rebuilding the country's political system.
The breakthrough came after the Northern Alliance, the largest delegation, submitted a list of its candidates for a 29-member interim administration to rule Afghanistan.
The United Nations spokesman at the talks, Ahmad Fawzi, said delegations have been asked to decide who would fill the posts today.
However, he said, the groundwork had been laid for a crucial meeting of tribal elders to establish a more permanent government for Afghanistan.
Mr Fawzi, a spokesman for the special UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, said that the date that the interim authority takes power still has to be fixed.
