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| Obama makes surprise visit to Afgha |
| Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 29-March-2010
10:2:10 AM |
| Talking tough, US President Barack Obama has vowed to deny a safe haven to Al-Qaida and reverse "Taliban's momentum" in Afghanistan, as he asked his counterpart Hamid Karzai to act decisively against corruption on his first visit to the country.
Obama, who made a whirlwind surprise visit to Kabul and met Karzai and American troops stationed there, said his country's aim was to "destroy" and "dismantle" Al-Qaida and its extremist allies in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The President, whose administration has escalated the war in Afghanistan, approving an influx of 30,000 additional American troops, also reiterated his resolve to strengthen the capacity of Afghan forces and the government to enable them take responsibility and gain confidence of their own people.
"We are going to disrupt and dismantle, defeat and destroy Al-Qaida and its extremist allies. That is our mission. And to accomplish that goal, our objectives here in Afghanistan are also clear: We're going to deny Al-Qaida safe haven. We're going to reverse the Taliban's momentum," Obama said in his address to US soldiers at the Bagram airfield.
"We can't uproot extremists and advance security and opportunity unless we succeed on both sides of the border," he said
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