KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden is promising U.S. support for Afghanistan's struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption.
The pledge came during Biden's surprise visit to a dangerous Taliban stronghold area of Afghanistan.
Biden says the future of the region where al-Qaida planned the Sept. 11 attacks "affects us all."
Biden visited Kandahar and Helmand provinces in southern Afghanistan, which is one of the centers of the Taliban-led insurgency. The provinces are also the world's largest drug-producing areas.
President-elect Barack Obama has promised to end the war in Iraq and refocus U.S. military efforts on Afghanistan, where al-Qaida-linked militants and the Taliban are making a comeback after initial defeats in the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden is promising U.S. support for Afghanistan's struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption.
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Published: January 11, 2009
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