| The Pushtun tradition also includes the convening of the tribal council also known as jirga to resolve major issues. |
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| Yesterday, after 36 hours of volatile discussions, a jirga or traditional council, including 100 different groups had reached a fragile agreement. |
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| At this informal level, disputes are settled by a jirga, a council of tribal elders. |
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| Interim Chairman Hamid Karzai, 44, wins a landslide re-election in the loya jirga by 1,295 out of 1,575 votes. |
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| Mr. Karzai and General Musharraf are expected to meet this week at a jirga, an assembly of leaders from their nations. |
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| The jirga meeting took place at Tank Town Hall which was attended by elders of Mehsud and Barki tribes. |
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| A Loya Jirga, a sort of representative national assembly summoned to sanction a draft new constitution, seemed to have been unimpressed. |
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