President Barack Obama urged Afghanistan's two presidential candidates to finalize negotiations on forming a national unity government as soon as possible, the White House said Sunday. National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said Obama spoke separately on Friday with Ashraf Ghani and Abddullah Abdullah, rivals to replace Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan.
A runoff election in June ended with charges of fraud and an audit of the vote has dragged on despite an agreement by the candidates to form a national unity government no matter who is declared the winner.
Hayden said Obama welcomed their commitment to form a national unity government and to accept the outcome of the audit.
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