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Loya Jirga


Kabul, Afghanistan
June 13, 2002

Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, speaking to a group of women delegates to the Loya Jirga, or Grand Council, outside the huge tent used for the political meeting. Last week, the delegates chose Chairman Hamid Karzai to lead the nation for the next 18 months.

Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, speaking to a group of women delegates to the Loya Jirga, or Grand Council, outside the huge tent used for the political meeting. Last week, the delegates chose Chairman Hamid Karzai to lead the nation for the next 18 months.

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