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Loya Jirga Delegates Facing Intimidation
Herat's local power baron is locking up potential opponents in the run-up to the grand assembly.
21 Feb 05
Authorities Defend Jirga Costs
6 Jan 04
Loya Jirga Remains Deadlocked
The constitutional process appears endangered by disputes over the issues of national language and dual citizenship.
3 Jan 04
Constitutional Decisions Delayed
The coordinating committee has yet to finish its work on 38 of the 160 articles that will make up Afghanistan’s new constitution.
28 Dec 03
Ex-King Opens Historic Assembly
16 Dec 03
Campus Fight Highlights Ethnic Tensions
Nervous authorities drag their heals over report into confrontation between Pashtun and ethnic Tajik university students.
7 Aug 03
Fatwa for 'Blasphemy' Journalists
The supreme court proposes the death penalty for two journalists who criticised Islamic practice.
7 Aug 03
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