Afghan national conference

KABUL, Afghanistan - Local leaders attend the Loya Jirga (grand council) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 16, 2011, which began the same day. More than 2,000 local elders gathered in the Afghan capital for the four-day conference on the country's long-term relations with the United States after the 2014 withdrawal of international troops.

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