Word: loya
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...wants to arrest me? He has mental problems," he says, holding court before nephews, cousins and Kalashnikov-wielding guards. "Look at Karzai," he bellows. "He has arrested himself. He has surrounded himself with 30 American guards who go everywhere with him." The congregation chuckles and Zadran keeps riffing. "The loya jirga was not a real loya jirga. It was a D.C. loya jirga. He is not the people's choice. Karzai must resign...
...dance, justice twinned with mercy. It has been seven months since the Taliban, with its pitiless version of Islamic rule, fell from power under the pressure of U.S. bombs. Last week 1,575 Afghan delegates representing all regions, all ethnicities and both sexes met in Kabul in a loya jirga, or traditional council, and chose as their new President for the next two years Hamid Karzai, who has served as interim leader since the Taliban collapsed. His administration, so far, is noted less for what it has rebuilt after 23 years of war than for its endurance and for making...
...Sudan 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...
...constellation of 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...
...Strangely, 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...