US President Barack Obama called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to being a new chapter for his country by initiating reforms and cracking down on corruption.

Obama telephoned Karzai after he was declared the winner in the presidential election to offer congratulations but also to urge him to get serious about improving the government, fighting corruption and speeding up the training of Afghan security forces.u00a0
"The proof is not going to be in words, it's going to be in deeds," Obama said at a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.