Year or so previously the government also initiated a cease fire but this will be a major major Sticking Point and then for the government a major issue for them is sort of retaining this idea of the republic and making sure that their seats are secure because you know there are a lot of people within the government that the taliban and other groups and even people within of honest on you know might find suspect were talking about former communists about warlords about people who as young people put it parachuted in from Foreign Countries and dont necessarily understand the cultural and religious and let and aspects of the country or the languages so these types of people are very afraid for their jobs so maintaining the republic is also very important for them so these are the kinds of things that will really that could really sort of hold up the talks. I was in kabul well iran has executed a young wrestling champion in defiance of a Global Campaign calling for his sentence to be revo
Im anthony held welcome to start peace talks have begun between the Afghan Government and the taliban in the hope of ending 2 decades of bloodshed the 2 warring sides are meeting face to face for the 1st time in the gulf state of qatar or maybe it is there including the United States pushing for agreement but the rival parties have vastly different visions for the future of afghanistan. Occur on this occasion to start the event many afghans have been waiting for for decades face to face peace talks between the government and the taliban United States secretary of state might come peo flew to the Opening Ceremony in doha qatar and urge the warring sides to seize the opportunity. But the choice is yours. Political system is of course yours to make in the United States weve found a democracy notably the principle of peaceful resolution and rotation of political power works best. Democratic systems reflect the choices of the majority while protecting the human rights of everyone everyone t
Hours long standoff with an armed suspect finally comes to an end. The arrest, made and the relief of residents. This is ktvu fox two news at 730. It has been a tense day for people in a neighborhood near san pablo. Thanks, everyone for joining me on this monday night. Im heather holmes, an armed suspect holding officers at bay for several hours, forcing officials to lock down the area at a nearby school was also closed. Our Crime Reporter henry lee tonight with how this long standoff ended. I feel like its stupid because bullets go up in the air and they come down. A west Contra Costa County neighborhood under siege by a barricaded gunman. This woman cut off midnight by a sheriffs suv. You could actually hear the contra costa. Sheriff. Hours of uncertainty after a man let loose with bursts of gunfire beginning sunday night this view from skyfox monday afternoon shows an armored car in the neighborhood and a swat team surrounding a home near rachel road and heather drive, where the gun
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