Afghan President Sworn In To Second 5-year Term (ap)

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai waves as he greets the guards of honor upon his arrival to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. After being sworn in to a second five-year term, Karzai said his government was doing whatever it could to implement reforms. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt officials and end a culture of impunity in an inauguration speech made under intense international pressure that he shed the cronyism and graft that marked his first term.

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