UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR HAS BECOME THE FIRST WORLD LEADER TO VISI...

World | January 8, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has become the first world leader to visit Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban. He was also the first to meet the new interim leader, Hamid Karzai, on his home soil, during a visit to Bagram air base north of Kabul. In the three-hour visit, unannounced for security reasons, Mr Blair promised not to abandon Afghanistan and said its new government should be given a chance.

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