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US President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants a new push to train Afghanistans army and police after the countrys August elections.Obama said the international community would have to start focusing its attention on developing Afghanistans capabilities so that Afghans could take greater responsibility for controlling their own security.He was speaking during his visit to Ghana, his first trip as president to sub-Saharan Africa.The most important thing we can do is to combine our military efforts with effective diplomacy and development so that Afghans feel a greater stake and have a greater capacity to secure their country, he said.Obama also paid tribute to Britains military efforts in Afghanistan as British military deaths there surpassed the number it lost in the Iraq campaign.
