Article: AFGHANISTAN: KABUL WATCHES AND LISTENS FOR LOYA JIRGA NEWS.

Transcript: Analysis: Afghanistan's Loya Jirga reaching its ...
NPR All Things Considered;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 00-0000 Analysis: Afghanistan's Loya Jirga reaching its end; controversies continue ... I'm Liane Hansen. Afghanistan's Loya Jirga, or assembly of tribal elders, is nearing ... reporting: Hamid Karzai returned to the Loya Jirga tent today to address the 1,600 delegates ...

Article: The Asia Foundation Supporting International Monitors, Providing ...
PR Newswire;  June 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... assistance, to the ongoing Emergency Loya Jirga process in Afghanistan, as part of a ... program of support for efforts by the Loya Jirga Commission and the United Nations Assistance ... peaceful, and successful Emergency Loya Jirga takes place June 10-16, 2002. "The ...

Article: BACKGROUNDER: Loya Jirga of Afghanistan
Xinhua News Agency;  June 9, 2002 ;     543 words ...The Afghan Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly, will meet on June 10-16 ... government that will lead Afghanistan until another Loya Jirga in 2004. Of the 1,501 delegates to the coming Loya Jirga, 1,051 will be elected from 381 districts ...

Article: Afghan Loya Jirga Postponed to June 11
Xinhua News Agency;  June 10, 2002 ;     606 words ... ... told Xinhua on Monday that the Emergency Loya Jirga, which had been scheduled to open Monday ... Tuesdayafternoon. "We were just informed by Loya Jirga Special Commission Chairman Ismail Qasimyar ... said Samad, also a member of the Loya Jirga Commission. "The reason is basically ...

Article: Afghanistan's troubled start to democracy: Vote rigging has some ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  May 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the first voting phase of the upcoming loya jirga, or traditional Afghan assembly. Instead ... Habibullah to lose faith in the ongoing loya jirga, which in two weeks will choose Afghanistan ... close to democracy. Proponents of the loya jirga say that no election can ever be perfect ...

Transcript: Analysis: Tempers flare at Afghanistan's Loya ...
NPR All Things Considered;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Analysis: Tempers flare at Afghanistan's Loya Jirga Host: LIANE HANSEN Time: 9:00-10 ... Afghanistan, tempers flared today at the Loya Jirga, or grand assembly, in Kabul. Some ... from the university campus where the Loya Jirga assembly is being held. German peacekeepers ...

Article: Afghans see signs of U.S. tampering; Loya jirga: ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Afghan head of state at this week's loya jirga, many Afghans saw it as a sign of heavy ... the United States is manipulating the loya jirga - the grand council convened to establish ... administration of "brazen" interference in the loya jirga, which had been promoted as the birth ...