Read more jirga stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8529/jirga.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 11:07:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20525/pakistan-suicide-bomber-kills-39.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=79834&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021024' border='0' />A suicide bomber killed at least 39 people today gathered at an outdoor meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan, Reuters reports, in the volatile country's latest bout of violence. The attack, which left scores of others wounded, occurred as the elders finalized security plans to “take steps against miscreants...Pakistan paramedics and volunteers carry an injured victim of suicide bombing at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, March 2, 2008. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a peace meeting of tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Zubair)http://www.newser.com/story/20525/pakistan-suicide-bomber-kills-39.htmlSun, 02 Mar 2008 09:53:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/5723/musharraf-talks-at-peace-jirga.htmlCaroline Zimmerman<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=18982&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033235' border='0' />Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf today pledged to fight the "particularly dark form" of extremism that afflicts his country and Afghanistan, speaking to 600 tribal leaders from the two countries at the close of a peace jirga in Kabul, the AP reports. He said the rise of militancy is preventing the...Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf delivers a speech at a joint peace meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday Aug. 12, 2007. Musharraf, who spoke in both his native Urdu and English, said that while the world is "forging ahead," Pakistan and Afghanistan are confronted with a "particularly dark form" of terrorism fostered by foreign influences. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)http://www.newser.com/story/5723/musharraf-talks-at-peace-jirga.htmlSun, 12 Aug 2007 11:18:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5504/musharraf-bails-on-karzai-meeting.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=17941&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033350' border='0' />Pervez Musharraf has backed out of meetings with his Afghan counterpart in an abrupt snub that initially shocked Washington. Musharraf told Hamid Karzai he has other “engagements" at home in Pakistan and can't attend the meeting of tribal leaders intended to discuss military violence. The US is looking into the...President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan listens to President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey after their talks with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, April 30, 2007. Karzai and Musharraf said that they have agreed to fight terrorism and deny sanctuary, training and financing to terrorists in each other's country. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)http://www.newser.com/story/5504/musharraf-bails-on-karzai-meeting.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2007 14:16:05 CDT