Chicago: US President Barack Obama urged Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for the implementation of electoral reform, reduction of corruption and holding talks with Taliban.
In the ongoing Nato summit in Chicago, Obama pressed Karzai to find Afghanistan’s political settlement through arranging secret talks with Taliban.
He also urged Karzai to adopt ways to curb 2009-like corruption in the presidential election by implementing electoral reforms in 2014.
Both presidents talked at the first day of two-day summit which is aimed at the first day of the two-day summit, both presidents were talking about the withdrawal of the US-led forces from Afghanistan by 2014 and the forces role after the date.
After their meeting, Karzai reaffirmed his support for a timetable, which requires the Afghan army to take over the lead in combat by the middle of next year.
Karzai added that he was “very much looking forward to an end to the war” and the day when Afghanistan would “no longer be a burden on the world”, The Telegraph reported.
US president said the summit was about “painting a vision, post-2014, in which we have ended our combat role, the Afghan war as we understand it is over, but our commitment to friendship and partnership with Afghanistan continues.”
He added: “Both of us recognise that we still have a lot of work to do. The loss of life continues in Afghanistan. There will be hard days ahead, but we’re confident that we’re on the right track.”
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