Afghan president sworn in to second 5-year term (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 11/19/2009 - 7:10am

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai greets the guards of honor as he arrives to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.<br /><br />After being sworn in to a second five-year term, Karzai said his government was doing whatever it could to implement reforms.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Afghanistan will control its own security within five years and prosecute corrupt officials, President Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday in an inauguration speech made under intense pressure to shed the cronyism and graft that marked his government's first term.




 

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