Investigators in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday outside the site of an elders meeting, where a suicide attacker was killed. Mikhail Galustov for The New York Times
Karzai Call for Meeting of Elders Questioned -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite criticism from neighboring countries, threats from the Taliban and calls for a boycott from some political opponents, President Hamid Karzai has called a loya jirga, the traditional grand council of Afghan elders and leaders, in an attempt to gain popular support for a long-term partnership with the United States, Afghan officials and analysts say.
Even before the jirga’s opening, set for Wednesday, it is being clouded by doubt and confusion — much of it sown by Mr. Karzai himself.
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