Voice of America: Afghan Elders to Decide About US Troop Immunity

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Afghan Elders to Decide About US Troop Immunity Jan 14th 2013, 11:23 Afghanistan's president says a meeting of the nation's elders should be called to decide whether U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan after 2014 should be granted immunity from prosecution under Afghan law. Hamid Karzai said Monday in Kabul the immunity issue needs to be decided by the Afghan people, not the Afghan government.  The Afghan leader said a loya jirga (a national assembly of elders) needs to be convened to make a decision on U.S. troop immunity. Karzai met with U.S. ... Media files: 57FDDF98-5689-4EA1-9E7A-087E678B5773_cx0_cy11_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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