Afghan men look at a newspaper reporting on the Loya Jirga grand assembly of tribal elders in the Afghan capital Kabul. The Loya Jirga is to elect a new president for Afghanistan, and the country's future government is to be decided during the week-long meeting of tribal elders which started on Monday. Supporters of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani hang a poster in Kabul. Rabbani, who ceded power to an interim government last December, is among candidates to lead Afghanistan (photos: AP and Reuters)