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Obama tells Karzai to end corruption, drug trade for semblance of legitimacy of government

President Barack Obama has told Hamid Karzai to get rid of widespread corruption and the drug trade during his new term as the Afghanistan president. Obama's admonishment for starting the "new chapter" in the legitimacy of the Afghan government came during his congratulatory call to Karzai on Monday after...

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...he is seeking "a sense on the part of President Karzai that, after some difficult years in which there has been some drift, that in fact he's going to move boldly and forcefully forward and take advantage of the international community's interest in his country to initiate reforms internally. That has to be one of our highest priorities."

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