KABUL: Afghanistan's usually bustling capital Kabul slowed to a crawl on Tuesday amid massive security for a high-stakes peace summit that has previously been a target for insurgent attacks.
Despite such past attacks, Kabul residents are infuriated with the scale of the lockdown, which has already been blamed for at least one death and has paralysed businesses in what would ordinarily be a busy week before Ramadan begins. Siam Pasarly, an economics expert, estimated the holidays were costing the business community US$1 million a day.
The loya jirga - literally"grand assembly" in Pashto - is being held as the US and Taliban are discussing a possible foreign troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and various Taliban pledges.
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