US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Obama landed in Afghanistan Sunday for a surprise first visit as US commander-in-chief and as his huge surge of 30,000 troops, designed to end the eight-year war, gathers pace.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP – After weeks dominated by health care, President Barack Obama’s secret trip to Afghanistan turned attention back to a further issue whose progress this year could help define the success of his presidency.


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