loya jirga
- n a grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems
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- Hamid Karzai’s demands may create a horrid future in Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai and his carefully chosen loya jirga would be fools to reject America’s offer to keep a modest contingent of U.S. troops to remain in the country after 2014, to continue protecting Afghans from their enemies. They would be condemning the nation and its people to a fate horrid beyond imagining.
Oct. 25, 2013 - The Kansas City Star