Security at loya jirga

Описание: (14 Dec 2003)
1. Wide of area around Loya Jirga tent
2. Pan to Loya Jirga tent
3. Mid shot of Loya Jirga tent
4. Various of security around Loya Jirga tent
5. Wide interior of delegates attending Loya Jirga
6. Afghan President Hamid Karzai entering tent
7. Wide interior of delegates attending Loya Jirga

STORYLINE:

Security was tight in the Afghan capital, Kabul on Sunday as around 500 delegates gathered in a huge tent to draw up a new constitution in a traditional loya jirga, or grand council.

The US military had warned that Taliban militants might try to attack the Kabul convention.

Afghan soldiers lined the roads leading up to the meeting site, and everyone entering the tent - including the delegates - were checked for weapons and explosives.

Among the issues discussed: the draft constitution, Islam's place in politics and the sharing of power in the country.

President Hamid Karzai also spoke about the continuing threat of terrorism in Afghanistan.

The loya jirga is a key step in the two-year drive to stabilise the country under an empowered central government, and is supposed to lead to landmark national elections slated for June.

It could take 10 days to several weeks for the loya jirga, meeting at a Kabul college campus, to finalise a 160-article draft drawn up by a constitutional commission.

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