The World - News from July 10, 1988
U.N. envoy Diego Cordovez called for a cease-fire in Afghanistan starting Sept. 1 and a caretaker administration to prepare for a loya jirga, or grand assembly, of tribal leaders that would decide on a new government in Kabul. Cordova proposed that the loya jirga be held March 1, 1989, and that a new government take over March 15, a month after the last Soviet troops are to leave. Cordovez negotiated the Geneva accords under which Soviet troops are withdrawing.
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