Obama: Afghanistan is in trouble
7/27/2008 CHICAGO He says Afghanistan's weak government
and rampant drug trafficking are hampering efforts to fight
al-Qaida terrorists who often take refuge in neighboring Pakistan.
But conditions in Iraq are improving, the Democratic
presidential hopeful told hundreds of minority journalists Sunday
after returning from Europe and the Middle East.
American troops have helped stabilize Iraq and consolidate
political progress among that country's factions.
But Obama says that in Afghanistan, more American troops are
needed to stabilize the area and that Pakistan must do more to deny
terrorists a safe haven.
