Karzai To Convene Loya Jirga, A Meeting Of Afghans, On U.S. Relationship -- Washington Post
KABUL — The Afghan government will convene more than 2,000 Afghans from across the country this week to debate the country's future relationship with the United States, a gathering that has drawn criticism from a skeptical political opposition that describes the process as antiquated and illegitimate.
The traditional Afghan meeting, known as a loya jirga, will begin Wednesday under a tent in Kabul, with the intention of soliciting Afghan input on President Hamid Karzai's efforts to strike a strategic partnership agreement with the United States. U.S. and Afghan officials have been negotiating that document for months, but have yet to come to an agreement on the nature of American involvement in Afghanistan in the decade after 2014, when Afghan authorities are expected to be in charge of their own security.
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