Definition of "jirga" []

• A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially within a tribe. (noun)

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• "Mr Karzai is stopping in the UK on the way back from a week of talks with the Obama administration in the US, ahead of a peace gathering - or "jirga" - to be held in his country at the end of this month and the Kabul Conference on July 20."
• "A national peace conference - or "jirga" - in May was shaken by a rocket attack and gun battles with militants."
• "A national peace conference - or "jirga" - in May was shaken by"