Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends the Afghan loya jirga, a meeting of around 2,500 Afghan tribal elders and leaders, on the last day of the four-day long loya jirga in Kabul on November 24, 2013. An Afghan grand assembly endorsed a crucial security agreement allowing some US troops to stay on after 2014, although President Hamid Karzai set conditions for signing the deal. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI