Taliban gathers traditional Afghan jirga of tribal and community elders in Kabul to discuss economic and security crises in Afghanistan
In this August 7, 2020 file photo, thousands of politicians and officials from across Afghanistan attend a grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
In his speech, Arsala Kharoti of the Kharoti tribe in Paktika province said, "The time has come to be united, to remove differences, and to offer social justice to the Afghans."He cited political turmoil in Afghanistan in 1978 and the former Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in the following years as examples of the Afghan nation's hardships during the last 43 years.
Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has tasked top Haqqani network leader Khalilur Rehman Haqqani with meeting people from various walks of life and easing security and economic tensions in the country.
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