President Hamid Karzai Inaugurates New Parliament In Kabul

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 26: President Hamid Karzai (2nd L) speaks during a ceremony for newly-elected Members of Parliament on January 26, 2011 Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's parliament was opened by President Karzai, ending a week-long stand-off with the newly elected MPs who had threatened to inaugurate the legislature with or without him. The ceremony, held in a National Assembly compound, comes four months after the country held its second post-Taliban parliamentary elections, the results of which have met with massive controversy over claims of widespread fraud. (Photo by Eric Kanalstein/Getty Images)