Afghanistan's president Karzai addresses campaign rally

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Afghanistan's president has been drumming up support during his first campaign rally in the capital. President Hamid Karzai promised to hold international troops more accountable for civilian casualties, house raids and arbitrary detentions.

Presidential candidate and current President  Hamid Karzai delivers his speech during an  election rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday,  July 24, 2009. Afghanistan's president shook  hands and roused supporters Friday with  promises to hold international troops more  accountable during his first campaign rally  in the capital.

President Karzai has done little public campaigning ahead of the August 20 elections, as he is widely expected to win.

However, on Friday, about three thousand people crammed into an assembly tent in western Kabul to hear Karzai speak.