Word: jirga
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...more unstable. The government talked about sharing the oil revenues with all of Sudan; but the rebels suspect that in practice it would not. AFGHANISTAN A Cabinet for Kabul Hamid Karzai was formally sworn in as Afghanistan's head of state in front of a 2,000-member loya jirga, or tribal council, meeting near the capital Kabul. Earlier Karzai announced the key appointments to his new cabinet - after the U.S. special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, insisted that the loya jirga had its say on the posts as laid down by international peace accords. The defense and foreign affairs portfolios were...
...Cancer, is circled by at least two planets, one similar in size and distance from its star to our own Jupiter. AFGHANISTAN Karzai Keeps Power in A Kabul Compromise Hamid Karzai won a second term as Afghanistan's leader by an overwhelming majority at a U.N.-organized loya jirga, or grand tribal council, in Kabul. Zahir Shah, the country's 87-year-old former King, who was talked of as a presidential candidate, urged the 2,000 delegates (including 200 women) to choose U.S.-backed Karzai to lead the country until elections in 2004. In return for standing aside...
...moreover, in a country awash with guns, the boot camp is having difficulty obtaining weapons for training. Requests must go through the Ministry of Defense, the turf of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who boasts a personal army of at least 18,000 men. In the run up to the loya jirga?an assembly to select a transitional government?current ministers are looking to shore up their own power. Fahim's support comes from his private troops, not the country's. To him, their needs take precedence, so the ANA must make do with only partially filled orders for gear. "Supporting...
...suburb outside the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif last week, Dostum was in campaign mode. Next month the country will hold its long-awaited loya jirga, or grand assembly, which will choose a transitional government. Dostum relaunched his old political party, the National Islamic Movement. Known simply as Jombesh, the group has a platform that rests on secular democracy (despite its name) and respect for minority rights, which translates to a federalist agenda. Addressing a congress of 2,000 party functionaries, Dostum hit out at "extremism" and "fundamentalism." Read: the Islamic politics of Jamiat...
...That does not appear to be in Dostum's plans. With his Jombesh rejuvenated, he no doubt intends to emerge from next month's loya jirga in a stronger position. He surely hopes the assembly will erode the power of Jamiat, which today controls the three key ministries of Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs. Whether or not that happens, Abdul Rashid Dostum is one politician who still fields an army. Whoever rules in Kabul is not apt to forget...