The two sides held meetings in 2011 and 2012 . Sgt . While the United States has been pushing for the return of Bergdahl -- captured in June 2009 in Afghanistan -- the Taliban has been pushing for the release of five of its own men from U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay . Bales was killed by a team of soldiers from his unit on June 10, 2012. The Taliban is likely to push for the release of Guantanamo detainees .
The two sides held meetings in 2011 and 2012 . Sgt . Bales was killed by a team of soldiers from his unit on June 10, 2012. The Taliban is likely to push for the release of Guantanamo detainees .