In eastern Nangarhar province, a large number of tribal elders, scholars and locals attended a function of national dance (Attan) celebrating the victory of Karzai at the Governor's House.

The function also addressed by Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was participated by more then five thousands people.

"We ask the president to appoint sincere and expert people in his cabinet from all the provinces of the country," Sherzai told the gathering.

A representative of Kuchis or nomads Haji Alam Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News the president should work for improving security, striking unity among all the tribes and job opportunities to the unemployed Afghans.

In southern Kandahar, the birthplace of the incumbent, elders, locals and scholars of different districts organized a huge gathering to welcome Karzai reelection. They asked Karzai for improvement in his next administration.

"Karzai will establish a totally creative cabinet by choosing patriotic people, and there will be considerable changes in his administration," Karzai's campaign manager in the province, Fazluddin Agha, told the gathering.

"We will consider Karzai as our real president when he will succeed in tackling the ongoing war in the country," a local shopkeeper Haji Ibrahim in Herat Bazaar area of the capital city, told this news agency in an interview.

He urged Karzai to talk to the oppositional forces in order to let the Afghans live in a peaceful environment. Other similar gatherings were also arranged in western Herat province bordering Iran on Tuesday.

Similar gatherings were arranged in the north and southern provinces including, Maidan Wardak, Khost, Kunduz, Takhar, Logar, Samangan, Jawzjan, Baghlan and Bamyan provinces, participated by thousands of people.

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