Scores of delegates to Afghanistan's Loya Jirga walked out of the grand assembly on Monday, angry about "boring speeches" they say are deliberate delaying tactics aimed at avoiding key issues. One delegate said fresh fighting could erupt if the assembly failed to agree on a new government. "There's no point hanging around listening to boring speeches so we're leaving," delegate Sayed Nimatullah said. "(New President Hamid) Karzai should be here discussing important issues like the new parliament. This is interference by foreign countries and a violation of the Bonn agreement." The assembly, which began last Tuesday, has become bogged down over the makeup of a new parliament and the issue of forming a new cabinet appears to have been put on the backburner.