Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, and new Cabinet members during the swearing in ceremony of the country's new Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Dec. 24. President Karzai swore in his new Cabinet Friday, hailing the body as Afghanistan's best hope for a better future and urging its new members to set aside ethnic and regional loyalties to work for the good of the nation.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers speech after a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul Dec. 24.