Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Afghanistan Declares 2-Day Jirga Public Holidays
Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has declared Wednesday and Thursday, June 2 and 3, 2010, as one-off public holidays on account of the long-awaited peace jirga being conducted on those 2 days. [full story]