US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has met Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on the second day of a visit to Afghanistan that is meant to bolster the senator's foreign policy credentials.
Obama has previously criticised Karzai, who has led Afghanistan since US and Afghan forces toppled the hardline Islamist Taliban in 2001. Earlier on Sunday, Obama had breakfast with US troops in Kabul and talked about their experiences in the country, which has seen a sharp rise in violence this year. The Illinois senator will also visit Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain on a foreign tour he hopes will help answer Republican criticism that he does not have the experience Britain adds Hezbollah to list of banned terror groups ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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