` My own view is that real reconciliation talks are not likely to be able to make any substantive headway until at least this winter , '' Gates said in the interview conducted on Saturday . ` Taliban says U.S. contacts with the Taliban are preliminary . The Taliban says it targeted Afghan troops in a suicide car bombing . Officials : Those confirmed killed or wounded are civilians . The attack comes after the German president said the U.S. is in peace talks with the Gates .
Taliban says U.S. contacts with the Taliban are preliminary . The Taliban says it targeted Afghan troops in a suicide car bombing . Officials : Those confirmed killed or wounded are civilians . The attack comes after the German president said the U.S. is in peace talks with the Gates .