Publication

This briefing explores the impact of the Loya Jirga process on the consolidation of the political situation in Afghanistan. It describes the dispersed military power in the country and states that the danger of missteps is grave. An unproductive Loya Jirga could send Afghanistan tumbling back into the internecine conflict of the early 1990s. However, a successful Loya Jirga would represent an incremental advance in the process of stabilization.