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KABUL, Afghanistan — President-elect Barack Obama told Afghanistan’s leader that he will dedicate more U.S. aid and military power to this region’s fight against extremist groups once he takes office, Afghan leaders said Sunday.

The telephone conversation between Obama and President Hamid Karzai on Saturday was the first reported contact between the two. The United States has about 32,000 soldiers in Afghanistan.

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