The Loya
Jirga, Afghanistan’s Grand Assembly of tribal elders and elite
persons on 24 November 2013 gave its consent on the issue of signing the
Afghan-US Bilateral Security Agreement that would pave the way for the
continuation of some US troops in the country after 2014.
2500 member traditional Loya Jirga
after three days of deliberations adopted a 31-point resolution approving the
proposed agreement and called upon Afghan President to sign the document by the
end of the 2013.
However,
Afghan President put forward conditions for signing the agreement with the
United States.
The
United States wants the agreement to be signed before the end of the 2013, but
the Afghan President has been saying that it may be signed after the
presidential elections in Afghanistan in April 2014. The US is to withdraw its
troops from Afghanistan next year (2014).
About Loya Jirga
The
Afghan constitution of 2003 constituted a Loya Jirga, made up of both houses of
parliament and elected heads of regional administrations, with the power to
amend the constitution, impeach the president and decide matters of national
sovereignty.
