Sentence examples for assembly of elders from inspiring English sources

Each clan was led by an assembly of elders, including the clan shaman (whose duties included healing the sick, traveling in the spirit world, and prophesying).

"In the future system, we want the Afghan people to express their will through a loya jirga," a form of constituent assembly of elders, he said.

Mr. Karzai said the decision should rest with the Afghan people, and floated the idea of convening a loya jirga, or national assembly of elders.

Kerry and Karzai said later on Saturday that major issues over a bilateral security agreement had been resolved but the question of immunity for US troops would have to be decided by a assembly of elders and leaders.

Under the United Nations plan, those temporary institutions would function for a few months until the spring, when an emergency loya jirga, a traditional constituent assembly of elders, would meet.

More than 2,000 elders have been taking part in the grand assembly of elders, or Loya Jirga, meeting behind closed doors in Kabul for the past four days.

At group and village levels government is by assemblies of elders, often presided over by priests.

In Afghanistan, shuras or informal consultative assemblies of elders have a long and well-established tradition of resolving disputes and solving contentious issues in communities.

An assembly of Afghan elders on Sunday endorsed the deal and advised Karzai to sign it promptly.

Mr. Othman said he would prefer disbanding the council and replacing it with a much larger assembly of tribal elders, professional leaders and religious figures.

On Wednesday, General Musharraf canceled a long-planned trip to Kabul to serve as a co-chair of a three-day assembly of tribal elders and political leaders with Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai.