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KABUL, NOV. 5. The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, pledged to use his five-year term as Afghanistan's first elected President to crack down on warlords and the re-emerging country's booming drug economy. Accepting his victory in the historic October 9 ballot, Mr. Karzai appealed to his rivals hours after they conceded defeat despite lingering fraud allegations. He also offered an olive branch to Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers. ``The Afghan people have placed their trust in us, for which we are very grateful,'' Mr. Karzai said in the grounds of his bomb-damaged Kabul palace, flanked by his two smiling running-mates and circled by bodyguards. He has also pledged to clear his Cabinet of faction leaders who helped the U.S. oust the Taliban three years ago but have proved to be dead-weights in office. AP
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