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...heard that Karzai had hopped a motorcycle, smuggled himself into southern Afghanistan and started his dangerous--but ultimately successful--campaign against the Taliban, all without his having to fire a shot. Today, in his Kabul palace, Karzai says he will stay on as leader if asked by the loya jirga tribal assembly convening in June. Otherwise, he joked, "Maybe I'll end up working in my brother's restaurant in Baltimore...
...Former Afghan King Zahir Shah calls a loya jirga - a meeting of up to 3,000 Afghan tribal chiefs - to elect a transitional government...
...Bonn plan calls for Karzai to stay in power for about six months, at which time a loya jirga, or tribal assembly, of 1,500 Afghans will meet to choose a transitional government. That government in turn will last about two years, during which a new constitution will be drawn up. Elections will follow. Until then, the U.N., the U.S. and Pakistan are counting on Karzai to be evenhanded in doling out $600 million in foreign aid and patching up tribal and ethnic grudges. It helps that Karzai knows all the major players, is fluent in all the local dialects...
Within a month, a special commission will be appointed to work on setting up the loya jirga. They are charged with making sure that “due attention is paid to the presence” in the loya jirga of “a significant number of women,” according to The New York Times...
...announced in Bonn that an agreement had been signed creating a 30-member council to rule Afghanistan for the next six months. The council contains members of the four major ethnic groups and, incredibly, two women. The council is only temporary—in six months a loya jirga, an ancient Afghani constituent assembly, will meet in order to draft a constitution, plan elections and start forming another interim government...