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Loya Jirga

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Noun1.Loya Jirga - a grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems; "he convened a Loya Jirga that persuaded tribal leaders to acquiesce"
Jirga - a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders; "most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"
Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"


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An Emergency Loya Jirga and subsequent Constitutional Loya Jirga were followed by presidential elections last October.
A tale of three cities by Thomson, John R. / The National Interest
In 2002," Margolis continues, "the CIA got its Afghan 'asset,' Hamid Karzai, nominated president through a loya jirga that seemed to many as rigged as the one that promoted Najibullah.
A familiar story in forgotten Afghanistan by The New American
Prior to deploying for the Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ), where the 1st Kandak was tasked to provide security for the inner cordon of the site, we devised a training plan in concert with the ANA leadership.
CF embedded training team lessons learned by Chagnon, Michael / The Canadian Army Journal
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