1.   An emergency loya jirga, a traditional national assembly, would be called to approve the program.

2.   In six months this council is supposed to give way to a broader body, to be appointed by a traditional Afghan assembly, or loya jirga.

3.   Indians were to be allowed to use their traditional assemblies to select their leaders, for example, and apply traditional laws to punish minor infractions.

4.   It is moving away from traditional assembly methods toward platforms in which robots can be adjusted quickly to produce different models.

5.   Its ultimate goal will be to set up a traditional Afghan national assembly called a loya jirga and pave the way for democratic elections.

6.   The executive will serve for up to six months while another commission organizes an emergency loya jirga, a traditional assembly of ethnic and provincial leaders.

7.   Under the new plan, the provisional administration would then convene the larger council, and eventually a Loya Jirga, a traditional national assembly.

8.   But the northern alliance dampened expectations Wednesday, saying such a role for the ex-king should first be approved by a traditional assembly of Afghan ethnic leaders.

9.   Earlier this month, the deposed monarch and the northern alliance agreed to convene a traditional Afghan assembly to choose a new government if the Taliban are toppled.

10.   In June, he is scheduled to convene a traditional tribal assembly, or loya jirga, that is to elect a transitional government to rule until elections.