Afghanistan's leader, Hamid Karzai, has welcomed the new US president, saying he hopes for a "promising new era of understanding" between the two countries.
But for the Afghan people, they're less concerned about diplomatic matters, and more about living with high unemployment and a lack of electricity, as Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports.
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