41.   It is aimed at paving the way for a much larger grand council of Afghan groups, which would establish a new government.

42.   Many believe senior Karzai adviser Ashraf Ghani would run a more internationally minded grand council.

43.   Next month, Afghanistan will hold its loya jirga, or grand council, to choose a new government.

44.   Newly elected Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was to address the grand council Monday morning to break a logjam over the makeup of the new legislature.

45.   Newly elected Afghan president Hamid Karzai was to address the grand council Monday morning to break a logjam over the makeup of the new legislature.

46.   On Friday, the grand council begins the more arduous task of cobbling together the rest of the government, and the political waters are dangerous.

47.   On Friday, the grand council began the more arduous task of cobbling together the rest of the government, and the political waters are dangerous.

48.   Qanooni served as interior minister under the government which ran the country from December until the Afghan grand council, or loya jirga this month.

49.   The ex-king is to open the emergency Loya Jirga, or grand council, in June to move Afghanistan on the road to democracy.

50.   The dissidents said they want the United Nations to call loya jirga, or grand council of tribes, to form a broad-based government.