On bin Laden anniversary, Obama makes surprise Afghan visit

Yahoo News Tuesday 1st May, 2012

President Barack Obama on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, touching down in the war-torn country one year to the day after al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden died at the hands of elite American troops in neighboring Pakistan. Obama planned to make a televised address to the nation at 7:30 p.m. from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Journalists traveling with the president reported that he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai would sign an a...

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