Kabul visit US president surprise
Obama presses Karzai on graft purge US president asks troops to defeat Taliban in surprise Kabul visit Afp, Kabul US President Barack Obama - L- visits troops in the Dragon dining facility at Bagram Air Base on Sunday. Obama thanked the Afghan people and US troops for their sacrifices in the war in Afghanistan, and vowed to reverse the Taliban's momentum. PHOTO: AFP Photo: AFP US President Barack Obama pressed Afghan leader Hamid Karzai to show progress in cleaning up corruption and rallied troops to defeat the Taliban during a surprise night-time visit to Afghanistan. Obama flew into Afghanistan under the cover of darkness aboard Air Force One and left before dawn Monday for his first visit to the country since taking office more than a year ago. The war against the Taliban, now in its ninth year, is claiming record fatalities among the 121,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, where Obama is deploying reinforcements in an effort to bring the long war to an end. The visit ...