On a trip chock full of surprise visits, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next surprises Afghanistan.
Clinton Makes Surprise Trip To Afghanistan
Reported by NPR on Oct 19th, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit aimed at encouraging the country’s wary leadership to keep up Taliban reconciliation efforts as the Obama administration presses ahead with troop withdrawal plans.
Clinton arrived in Kabul late Wednesday and will see President Hamid Karzai, other top Afghan officials and civic leaders on Thursday. Her trip comes as Karzai has expressed frustration with attempts to woo Taliban fighters away from the insurgency amid increasing attacks by the Taliban-allied, Pakistan-based Haqqani network.
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