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- noun Plural form of
jirga .
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Examples
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In Afghan tradition, community leaders meet in jirgas to make decisions by consensus.
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Four-fifths of disputes are settled by councils of village elders, called jirgas, or the Taliban.
The General Who Would Try KSM Matthew Kaminski 2011
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Attacking the jirgas is a sign of weakness in the Taliban “movement”.
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In the past, Taliban militants and their allied groups have attacked at mosques and assemblies of tribesmen, known as jirgas, attended by anti-Taliban militias in Pakistan's northwest.
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The clash of three judicial ideals leads many Afghans to seek to settle their disputes in local councils, called jirgas and shuras, under local customary law.
Spero News 2009
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The clash of three judicial ideals leads many Afghans to seek to settle their disputes in local councils, called jirgas and shuras, under local customary law.
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Thousands of peace advocates in northern Pakistan and southern Afghanistan have met in the assemblies called jirgas to imagine and formulate peace and reconstruction initiatives.
ScreenTalk 2009
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The clash of three judicial ideals leads many Afghans to seek to settle their disputes in local councils, called jirgas and shuras, under local customary law.
Spero News 2009
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The clash of three judicial ideals leads many Afghans to seek to settle their disputes in local councils, called jirgas and shuras, under local customary law.
Spero News 2009
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The clash of three judicial ideals leads many Afghans to seek to settle their disputes in local councils, called jirgas and shuras, under local customary law.
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