Senator Barack Obama has demanded plans be drawn up immediately for US troops to be redeployed from Iraq to Afghanistan. By Alex Spillius in Washington and

Obama's two-day visit to Afghanistan is part of a tour with a congressional delegation, but also a highly visible effort to burnish his foreign credentials

US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on the second stage of a major foreign tour.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader

Barack Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, telling him the US will fight terrorism "with vigor" if elected, according to an Afghan

By FISNIK ABRASHI AP Writer AP Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, left, greets US Sgt. Anthony R. Lewis in Afghanistan during a visit to Camp Eggers in Kabul on Sunday.

By Michael Bowman Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has repeated a call for more US troops and greater funding for Afghanistan as

By Jon Hemming KABUL (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama called the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent" on Sunday and said Washington

Senator Obama greets US troops at a camp in Kuwait ahead of his closely guarded visit to bases on the frontline in Afghanistan.

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has met President Hamid Karzai while on a visit to Afghanistan. Details of the talks have not yet been

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Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate is set to meet the president of Afghanistan, as his tour of the country enters its second day.

Barack Obama embarks on a weeklong tour of the Middle East and Europe designed to deepen his foreign policy credentials, confront questions at home about