About 1,600 Afghans will convene in a giant tent at Kabul Polytechnic University to discuss how to reconcile with the fighters - even as the U.S. rushes in more troops to ramp up the war. Lawmakers, provincial council members, tribal and religious leaders and representatives of civil society will participate. Notably absent from the "peace jirga" - jirga means "large assembly" in Pashto - will be official representatives of the Taliban, although some of the delegates may be insurgent sympathizers. The Taliban have dismissed the jirga as a "phony reconciliation process" and insist they will not negotiate until all foreign troops leave the country. Security has been stepped up in Kabul in case...
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