In a renewed push for peace and development in the tribal districts, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday initiated a series of regional jirgas following an All Parties Conference (APC) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buried within the closing crawl of writer, director, cinematographer and co-producer Benjamin Gilmour’s unfortunately cryptic but ...

The loya jirga has invited Afghan leader Hamid Karzai to help break the logjam over the makeup of the country's new legislature and enable the grand council can wrap up its historic meeting Monday as ...

The first all-female jirga-- or council -- has been created in the deeply conservative Swat Valley in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a controversial effort conceived to resolve disputes ...

Indie distributor Lightyear Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to 'Jirga,' Australia's submission for Oscar consideration in the foreign-language film category. By Gregg Kilday Freelance ...

The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s (PTM) grand jirga in Jamrud concluded on Sunday night, with the rights group presenting a 22-point resolution that demanded the withdrawal of militant groups from ...

Pakistani delegates arrive in Kabul for the jirga (AFP) August 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Some 650 tribal leaders and other representatives from Afghanistan and Pakistan today opened an assembly in Kabul to ...

Last week we discussed the factual aspects of PTM Jirga organised in Jamrud, Khyber District from 11-13 October with the government's support. The salient demands and recommendation of the Jirga ...

Loya jirga, Pashto for "grand council", is a centuries-old traditional meeting of leaders from different tribes and factions to discuss and settle national affairs. Unique to Afghanistan, the assembly ...

Hopes for ending four decades of war in Afghanistan are high this week after a Loya Jirga or grand assembly of more than 3,000 political elites, tribal leaders, clerics, and activists approved the ...

A council of Afghan tribal representatives—called a loya jirga—elected Hamid Karzai as the nation’s president Thursday. What formal procedures does a loya jirga use to elect leaders? Historically, ...