FILE - In this Monday, March 12, 2012 file photo, former Taliban militants line up with their weapons to attend in a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Secret contacts are again reported to be underway for an Afghanistan peace deal, but neither analysts nor the belligerents see hope they will succeed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)