KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country’s security forces should take the lead in tackling the insurgency there, and that the forces should be able to take control of security in the next five years.

Karzai also addressed corruption during his inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace. He says officials who are corrupt should be "tried and prosecuted." Karzai has come under intense international pressure to tackle the issue, and he described corruption as a "dangerous enemy of the state."