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Gunmen on Saturday killed a former Taliban leader who renounced the extremist regime after it was ousted in 2001 and had since supported Afghanistan s U.S.-backed government, officials said.In a spate of other violence blamed on holdouts from the former regime, 10 people were killed and 41 wounded, 40 of the stanley cup m in two bombings targeting peo stanley us ple celebrating the Islamic feast of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.Two men on a motorbike shot Mohammed Khaksar, the former Taliban deputy interior minister, in the heart and head as he was walking with two of his children in the southern city of Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold, police chief Gen. A stanley deutschland bdul Wahid said. Khaksar secretly contacted the United States in 1999 to seek American help in stopping the Taliban, and renounced the movement after its collapse. Last September, he ran as a candidate in legislative elections, but lost.In an interview at the time with The Associated Press, Khaksar said Taliban rebels had threatened his life several times. He said he supported President Hamid Karzai, as well as the deployment of international forces here. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, called The Associated Press to claim responsibility. Yousaf s exact ties to the insurgents leaders is not known. He was a traitor to our cause, he said. We will kill all Taliban members who do this. The killing was believed to be the first of several former Taliban leaders who have swapped sides. Th Cyrh Gunman takes police standoff to 2nd day at hotel
SAN FRANCISCO CNN -- The record-breaking heat roasting the West has killed at least two people.A 72-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman died Monday in San Jose, California. Their deaths were attributed to the heat, Santa Clara County officials said. It is tragic when someone dies of hyperthermia crocs badelatschen since in most every case it could have been prevented, Dr. Michelle Jorden of the county s medical examiner office said in a statement. Hyperthermia and heat stress happen when a body s heat-regulation system cannot handle the heat. San Jose sweltered in record-breaking, 103-degree weather on Sunday, and the area is under heat advisory until 9 p.m. PT Thursday.Large swaths of California, Nevada and Arizona are under exce salomon gtx ssive heat warnings as residents have endured stifling, triple-digit temperatures in the last few days. Parts of eastern Texas and New Mexico are under heat advisorie adidas originals forum s.In New Mexico, two hikers were found dead earlier this week at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and heat could have been a factor in their deaths, authorities told CNN affiliate KRIS.Phoenix burns through the recordsFor the third day in a row, the heat in Phoenix set new daily records.The week started with a high of 118 degrees on Monday, then hit 118 degrees on Tuesday and 117 degrees on Wednesday.Though it has cooled off a few degrees in the Grand Canyon state, it s still burning hot, with a forecast of 113 degrees for Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.Crayons melt in Las VegasIn
Gunmen on Saturday killed a former Taliban leader who renounced the extremist regime after it was ousted in 2001 and had since supported Afghanistan s U.S.-backed government, officials said.In a spate of other violence blamed on holdouts from the former regime, 10 people were killed and 41 wounded, 40 of the stanley cup m in two bombings targeting peo stanley us ple celebrating the Islamic feast of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.Two men on a motorbike shot Mohammed Khaksar, the former Taliban deputy interior minister, in the heart and head as he was walking with two of his children in the southern city of Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold, police chief Gen. A stanley deutschland bdul Wahid said. Khaksar secretly contacted the United States in 1999 to seek American help in stopping the Taliban, and renounced the movement after its collapse. Last September, he ran as a candidate in legislative elections, but lost.In an interview at the time with The Associated Press, Khaksar said Taliban rebels had threatened his life several times. He said he supported President Hamid Karzai, as well as the deployment of international forces here. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, called The Associated Press to claim responsibility. Yousaf s exact ties to the insurgents leaders is not known. He was a traitor to our cause, he said. We will kill all Taliban members who do this. The killing was believed to be the first of several former Taliban leaders who have swapped sides. Th Cyrh Gunman takes police standoff to 2nd day at hotel
SAN FRANCISCO CNN -- The record-breaking heat roasting the West has killed at least two people.A 72-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman died Monday in San Jose, California. Their deaths were attributed to the heat, Santa Clara County officials said. It is tragic when someone dies of hyperthermia crocs badelatschen since in most every case it could have been prevented, Dr. Michelle Jorden of the county s medical examiner office said in a statement. Hyperthermia and heat stress happen when a body s heat-regulation system cannot handle the heat. San Jose sweltered in record-breaking, 103-degree weather on Sunday, and the area is under heat advisory until 9 p.m. PT Thursday.Large swaths of California, Nevada and Arizona are under exce salomon gtx ssive heat warnings as residents have endured stifling, triple-digit temperatures in the last few days. Parts of eastern Texas and New Mexico are under heat advisorie adidas originals forum s.In New Mexico, two hikers were found dead earlier this week at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and heat could have been a factor in their deaths, authorities told CNN affiliate KRIS.Phoenix burns through the recordsFor the third day in a row, the heat in Phoenix set new daily records.The week started with a high of 118 degrees on Monday, then hit 118 degrees on Tuesday and 117 degrees on Wednesday.Though it has cooled off a few degrees in the Grand Canyon state, it s still burning hot, with a forecast of 113 degrees for Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.Crayons melt in Las VegasIn
