[RAW VIDEO]: Indian Consulate in Afghanistan Attacked, Four Gunmen Killed
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Ashraf Ghani Sworn In As Afghanistan #39;s President; Taliban Strikes Kill 10
Ashraf Ghani Sworn In As Afghanistan #39;s President; Taliban Strikes Kill 10.
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By Jethro Mullen and Brian Walker, CNN
updated 9:10 AM EDT, Mon September 29, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- Ashraf Ghani was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan's President, sealing the country's first peaceful democratic transition of power.
Ghani, a former finance minister, takes office after signing a power-sharing deal last week with his rival presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah.
He succeeds Hamid Karzai, who experienced a rocky relationship with the United States during his 13 years in power that began after the fall of the Taliban.
A reminder of the challenges facing Ghani and Afghanistan came a few miles away from the presidential palace in Kabul: A suicide bomber targeting a police checkpoint killed four police officers and three civilians Monday morning, said Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, three suicide bombers killed four Afghan police officers Monday at a district police headquarters in the eastern Paktia province, Sediqqi said.
Ghani and Abdullah had been locked in a lengthy dispute amid accusations of voting fraud and manipulation, raising fears of increased instability in the fragile, war-torn country.
Under the agreement, Abdullah, a former foreign minister who later became a vocal critic of Karzai's, will take a newly created position of chief executive officer, which will have similar functions to a prime minister.
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Afghanistan's President sworn in
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (second from left) stands next to Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (left) and two deputy officials as he takes the oath during the inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Ahmad Massoud/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (second from left) stands next to Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (left) and two deputy officials as he takes the oath during the inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.
"Hold me accountable" is the message from Afghanistan's new president, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who took the oath of office today, succeeding Hamid Karzai, a leader many accused of lacking accountability.
Ahmadzai's accession to leadership in Afghanistan follows a protracted dispute with his rival in the presidential vote, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, who accused his opponent of vote fraud but later agreed to a power-sharing arrangement.
"I am your leader, but I am not better than you. If I make mistakes, hold me accountable," he told hundreds of dignitaries gathered to witness the inauguration.
As The Washington Post notes: "The new unity government is inheriting an Afghanistan rife with immense challenges. Most foreign troops are scheduled to withdraw by year's end and the Taliban Islamist movement is mounting a resurgence in many areas of the country."
Underscoring those concerns were reports that a Taliban suicide squad attacked a local government headquarters in the country's eastern Paktia province, killing 12 people, al-Jazeera reports.
Also on Monday, White House senior advisor John Podesta said Washington and Kabul will sign an agreement tomorrow allowing 10,000 U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan past the troop withdrawal date at the end of this year.
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