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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, third left, inspects guard of honor during his inauguration as President of Afghanistan at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Afghanistan will control its own security within five years and prosecute corrupt officials, Karzai pledged Thursday in an inauguration speech made under intense pressure to shed the cronyism and graft that marked his government’s first term. (AP) |