Morning All, Here are some of the issues that appear to have been discussed at the Loay Jirga.. Afghan jerga issues 76-article resolution After four days of discussions and debates, over 2,000 participants of the traditional Loya Jerga (Grand Assembly) in Kabul have decided that having a strategic partnership pact with the USA was in favour of Afghanistan and that peace talks in the country must continue. The jerga issued a resolution of 76 articles as recommendations to the Afghan government in its negotiations with the USA on strategic partnership and its peace talks with the insurgents. The following is text of the resolution read out by secretaries and spokespersons of the jerga, Safia Seddiqi and Fazel Karim Aimaq, in Dari and Pashto and aired live on state-owned National Afghanistan TV on 19 November; subheadings as read out by the spokespersons: In terms of politics While emphasizing the need for maintaining achievements of the past 10 years; respecting the constitution of Afghanistan, women rights and freedom of the media, and while considering the ruling situation in the region, strategic cooperation with the USA, which is a strategic partner of the system and people of Afghanistan, is considered as a need in order to ensure political, economic and military security in the country. The signing of a strategic cooperation document with the USA is favourable for the national interests of Afghanistan and is highly important, because a strategic cooperation agreemen t with the USA will ensure political and military security of Afghanistan in the region. The recommendation of the jerga members for the Afghan government is t o consider the following policies while negotiating any kinds of deals, particularly while negotiating the strategic cooperation agreement with the USA: 1. Religious sanctities, culture and traditions of the people of Afghanistan must be respected without any shortcoming. 2. Afghanistan's national sovereignty and independence should be respected. And there should be a clear guarantee that they will not be violated. 3. Afghan laws must be respected. 4. Afghanistan should be excluded from the provisions of Article 7 of the UN Convention and included in Article 6 of the convention. 5. The strategic cooperation document should be prepared in three l anguages - Dari, Pashto and English - and it should start with words of 'In the name of God the Most Merciful and Compassionate'. 6. Night operations conducted by the American forces must be afghanized as soon as possible.
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