KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s outgoing leader Hamid Karzai said on Monday that his nation needs a new president and urged for a speedy conclusion to the ballot audit that will determine his successor.

In a speech marking the start of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday that follows the fasting month of Ramadan, Karzai said that Afghans “want to have an outcome to the election as soon as possible, so that this country can have its president soon.”

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