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• n  a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders

• The Uzbeks do support a loya jirga, as do some other commanders, like Yousnou Kanuni from the Jamiat faction.
• Fires are expected to spread in the run-up to the loya jirga.
• Mai, a 30-year-old woman who lives in the remote hamlet of Meerwala, was brutally and publicly gang-raped in June 2002 by four volunteers on the orders of a village court, or jirga.

• Jirga

News & Articles

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• Afghan TV show brings officials face-to-face with ordinary people
  President Hamid Karzai and top ministers have appeared on 'Open Jirga,' giving Afghans a rare taste of accountability.
  July 28, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quotes

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• Hamid Karzai in Reuters South Africa
  It is a very happy event that the jirga between two countries was convened,Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a short speech. "It is ending with good results, achievements and a message for both countries."
• Barack Obama in RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
  Washington has been clear that it has concerns over what conditions will govern the peace process, and today Obama said he "appreciated the president sharing his plans for the upcoming Consultative Peace Jirga, an important milestone that America...
• Mullah Mohammad Omar in Seattle Times
  The ones who will take part in this jirga are the people who have been sold to foreigners, and they will not represent any tribe,Omar said.