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PEACE IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN HALF THE POPULATION IS EXCLUDED FROM
NEGOTIATIONS, SAY AFGHANISTAN'S WOMEN ACTIVISTS

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June 2, 2010

 

AFGHANISTAN - WOMEN DELEGATES ATTEND PEACE JIRGA

 

Photo by Fardin Waezi

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Women delegates listen to the opening address of the peace jirga by the Afghan President, in Kabul. Taliban suicide commandos attacked a huge gathering of Afghan leaders and notables as the President  launched an ambitious peace plan he hopes will persuade the insurgents to lay down their arms. Officials said three rockets fell short of a vast tent where the traditional jirga, or gathering, was being held, Kabul Afghanistan.





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