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...Italy while his nation was decimated by foreign invasion and civil war. But Afghanistan is again set to turn to its former King for help. As part of last year's Bonn accord, which established Hamid Karzai as interim leader, the former King will inaugurate in June a loya jirga, a traditional Afghan assembly to choose a new head of state and transitional government to lead the country to elections in 2004. The ex-King's presence, it is hoped, will give this meeting legitimacy and encourage rival Afghan leaders to accept its decisions...
...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...