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Wazirs to boycott Pak-Afghan jirga
Ahmedzai Wazir tribes on Wednesday announced that they would not participate in the joint Pak-Afghan jirga in Kabul next week to protest against what they called the US occupation of that country. Around 700 delegates 350 each from Pakistan and Afghanistan will attend the August 9-11 jirga to devise strategies against insurgency in Afghanistan. The Ahmedzai Wazir tribes announce a boycott of the jirga, and in the presence of the US occupation we cannot negotiate with (Hamid) Karzai, the major tribes jirga decided unanimously in Wana, a tribal elder who attended the meeting told Daily Times by phone.Posted by: Fred 2007-08-03 |
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