Loya Jirga (Pashto: لويه جرګه)

A Loya Jirga (Pashto: لويه جرګه) is a "grand assembly," a Pashto phrase meaning "grand council." A loya jirga is a political meeting usually used to choose new kings, adopt constitutions, or decide important political matters and disputes in Pashtuns areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, the loya jirga was originally attended only by Pashtun groups, but later included other ethnic groups. It is a forum unique among Pashtuns of Afghanistan and Pakistan in which, traditionally, tribal elders meet together (although the Pashto Wazir tribe on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has a similar tribal governance structure.) The words loya (great/grand) and jirga ("council", "assembly", "dispute" or "meeting") are of Pashto Origin. The word Jirga is the one of primary concept of Afghan law, Afghanwali or famously known as Pashtunwali. Pukhtoonwali is the code of ethics of the Pashtoons, the Jirga their Parliament or National Assembly and intrepidity and frankness an essential trait of their character. The Afghan LOYA JIRGA as Platform of Pashtoonwali. Observing the salient features of Afghan society, the traditional Afghan “Jirga” and “Loya Jirga” come first in the traditional political solution and have been alive since the ancient Aryan period, The Pashtoons Social Democratic Party.