Afghanistan's re-elected President Karzai struggles to emerge from pol

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Updated November 4, 2009 20:52:34

Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai is struggling to emerge from the cloud of a hotly disputed election process. His former rival Abdullah Abdullah guaranteed the president a second-term by withdrawing from run-off polls, but today he's called Mr Karzai's re-election illegal, and ruled out joining any unity govermnent. Mr Karzai's also under pressure from the United States and its allies to fight corruption.

Now, 16 Afghan and international aid agencies, including Oxfam International and the development news outlet Saba Media, have outlined what they want added to the president's agenda. They've sent Mr Karzai a memorandum calling for urgent improvements in the education, health and human rights sectors.

Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speaker: Abdul Waheed Hamidi, director, Saba Media, Kabul

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