jirga n.
族长会议
jirga[ noun ]
a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders
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most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police
- "I think the refugees and the commanders like the jirga plan," says Abdul Wakil, a mullah from Jalalabad, "but the party leaders want to keep their jobs."