The US President Barack Obama has asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai to speed up efforts to eliminate corruption from the country, adding that a new chapter of relations should open between American and Afghanistan.

US President telephoned and congratulated Afghan President Karzai for becoming president for the second term after the formal announcement by the election commission. US President told his Afghan counterpart that this was the right time to open new chapter of relations between two countries

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President Obama urges Karzai to uproot corruption was first posted on November 3, 2009 at 9:07 pm.

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