Presidents Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama have spoken on the phone for the first time since Obama's inauguration, AP reported.
Karzai's office says the U.S. president called Obama on Tuesday - the same day Obama announced that 17,0000 more U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan.
Karzai's office says the two presidents talked about security issues and the Afghan presidential elections in August.
Karzai admitted last week that almost four weeks after Obama's inauguration he still had not spoken with the U.S. leader. Karzai spoke with former President George W. Bush regularly, fueling speculation that Obama was sending a clear signal that Karzai's standing with him was much lower.