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ISLAMABAD 鈥?The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August.Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are to meet Saturday and Sunday in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Officials from both sides have said issues include reining in extremist groups and the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country. The Taliban have signaled flexibility on evacuations.However, Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press there would be no cooperation with Washington on containing the increasingly active Islamic State group in Afghanistan. IS has taken responsibility for a number of recent attacks, including a suicide bombing Friday that killed 46 minority Shiite Muslims and wounded dozens as they prayed in a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz. We are able to tackle Daesh independently, Shaheen said, when asked whether the Taliban would work with the U.S. to contain the Islamic State affiliate. He used an Arabic acronym for IS.IS has carried out relentless assaults on the countrys Shiites since emerging in eastern Afghanistan in 2014. It is also seen as the terror group that poses the great stanley polska est threat to the United States for its potential to stage attack stanley kubek s on American targets.The weekend meetings in Doha are the first s stanley quencher ince U. Bvnn Trump targets foreign workers visa program
HARRISBURG, Pa. 鈥?A former mayor pleaded guilty Monday to 20 counts of receiving stolen property related to his ill-starred effort to bring a Wild West museum to his central Pennsylvania city.Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed, 67, faces serious health problems and felt pleading guilty was the right thing to do, his lawyer said. We think this is an opportunity now to move on with his life and get the treatment he needs for his illness, said attorney Henry Hockeimer Jr.The plea came before jury stanley website selection was scheduled to get underway for Reeds trial stanley cup canada on 114 counts. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the remaining 94 charges. We think that this achieves justice for not only the commonwealth, but the city of Harrisburg, said Joe Grace, spokesman for the state attorney generals office.Hockeimer said all 20 counts to which Reed pleaded guilty involve photos or documents. Reed, who led the city of Harrisburg for nearly three decades, had also been accused of receiving stolen property for other items, including stagecoach equipment and firearms.Sentencing was scheduled for Friday.In a statement, Reed said that more times than I can count, he purchased items that w stanley cup ere the same or similar to artifacts being purchased for the museum, which was never built. Reed said he ultimately concluded he ended up with items that belonged to the city. How they got into some box when moving out of office seven years ago, I dont know, Reed said. My guess is they were thrown in with a bunch of simil |
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