11.   In June, Zaher Shah is scheduled to convene a traditional assembly in June that will select a government to rule until elections.

12.   Last week, the deposed monarch and the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance agreed to convene a traditional Afghan assembly to choose a new government.

13.   Like several other peace plans, the assembly wants to establish a traditional Afghan grand assembly, or loya jirga, that would run the country.

14.   One of their key proposals is to convene the traditional assembly, called a loya jirga.

15.   The northern rebels and the king have agreed to a traditional Afghan assembly to choose leaders.

16.   The opposition northern rebels and Zaher Shah have agreed to a traditional Afghan assembly to choose leaders.

17.   The monarch returned to convene a traditional tribal assembly, or loya jirga, which wrapped up earlier this month.

18.   The Taliban have refused to participate in previous attempts to convene the traditional assembly, called a loya jirga.

19.   Zaher Shah has for years tried to organize a traditional Afghan assembly, or loya jirga, to form a new government in Afghanistan.

20.   Zahir has long dreamed of convening a traditional assembly of Afghan leaders and has hosted several low-key meetings of exiles in the past two years in Rome.