Definition of "shura"

“The leadership, resistance and shura are all based here in Afghanistan.”

2007 January 5, Carlotta Gall, “Taliban Leader Promises More Afghan War”, in New York Times‎

[…] Mullah Bradar […] is said to reside in the Pakistan port city of Karachi, where many members of the Quetta shura have taken refuge, according to Afghan officials.

2009 March 11, Carlotta Gall, “As U.S. Weighs Taliban Negotiations, Afghans Are Already Talking”, in New York Times‎