Obama tours Afghanistan
2008-07-19 14:40
Kabul - A US military spokesperson says US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting troops in eastern Afghanistan.
Staff. Sgt David Hopkins says Obama and two other senators are making a brief stop at Jalalabad airfield in eastern Nangarhar province. Hopkins says Obama is meeting with soldiers.
Obama is making his first trip to the scene of a war that he says deserves more attention and more troops.
The Illinois senator flew in as part of an official congressional delegation, but the Afghan visit is rich with political implications.
Afghanistan is facing a resurgent Taliban insurgency nearly seven years after the US-led invasion of the country toppled the militant movement from power.
- AP