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Security Council applauds new constitution for Afghanistan | The United Nations Security Council today commended the delegates to Afghanistan's Loya Jirga, or grand council, for reaching agreement at the weekend on adopting a new constitution for the war-wracked country. (United Nations)

Press statement on Afghanistan by Security Council president | Members of the Security Council welcomed the new Constitution agreed by Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga on 4 January. (Press Release)

Afghanistan's Milestone—state department | The constitutional loya jirga that concluded in Kabul Sunday was a milestone on the Afghan people's path to democracy. Afghans have seized the opportunity provided by the United States and its international partners to lay the foundation for democratic institutions and provide a framework for national elections in 2004. (Zalmay Khalilzad, The Washington Post)

Islamic Democracy | Afghanistan's new Constitution offers hope that the beleaguered nation can finally evolve into a modern, democratic state. (Editorial, The New York Times)

Afghanistan constitution a significant step in a troubled land, especially for women | Girls today in Afghanistan can find a glimmer of hope in a clause of their country's new constitution — approved Sunday despite tremendous language, ethnic and political hurdles — that says men and women will have ''equal rights and duties.'' (Editorial, Allentown Morning Call, Penn.)

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