| Hundreds of turbaned tribal leaders from the deserts and mountains of southern Afghanistan converged on Kandahar in an emergency "jirga" Saturday to warn against attempts to separate their returning king from his loyal supporters. They said the exiled Mohammad Zaher Shah should come to this old royal city if the reception is cold in Kabul, the Afghan capital. Here people "will have total and free access to meet the father of the nation," the elders declared. The joint declaration was to be sent to U.N. and U.S. officials, accused by some here of intending to restrict the ex-monarch's activities in Afghanistan. |