Peace keeping troops are forced out of the area after being accused of supporting rebels. And Cancer Patients struggle to get medical morphine to ease their pain. On saturday afghans go to the polls in historic president ial elections, but the polls are take place in an atmosphere of tension and fear. The taliban has promised to disrupt the elections, but this shouldnt deter people is what President Hamid karzai has been saying. He says Voter Participation is the greatest response to those who believe in violence. Friday two journalists working for the Associated Press were shot by an afghan policeman. A 48 year old and her colleague were injured. It happened while they were traveling with election workers in the east. Another concern is voter fraud observers will be working to prevent the widespread corruption reported in 2009. The measures include bar codes being delivered to at least 6. 5 million polling centers. Lastminute rush this week to register to vote in saturdays president i
commander-in-chief. the president touched down aboard air force one at bagram air force base in ka kul. hundreds of u.s. troops were on hand to meet him. and from kabul the very latest, hi there, conner. hi, julie. well, president obama s trip to afghanistan was not only a surprise, but a very short, quick trip here. the entire visit only lasted a few hours, about five hours in total and president obama started the evening with visits with afghan president karzai and other government officials in kabul. during that visit with president karzai president obama delivered a stern message to president karzai, urging him to crack down on krupps corruption and other afghan leaders to take a larger roll in the responsibility of running the country. after the meeting with president karzai, president
the commander-in-chief making a surprise visit to afghanistan and telling americans the goal for u.s. forces is clear, end the threat from al-qaeda and its allies. i m julie banderas and this is the fox report. you re going to disrupt and dismantle, defeat and destroy al-qaeda and its extremist allies. julie: it s the president s first trip to afghanistan since dramatically escalating the fight against insurgents. tonight, more on president obama s one-on-one with the head of the afghan government. his message to the troops and what this trip means for the country s uncertain future. also tonight. i m trying to replace those who voted for this bill. i want to repeal it and i want to replace it with some real reform that puts patients in charge of their health care again. we are confident that the american people will support this. it s good for them. it s, and if you go around and start talking with the individual components of this bill, we re seeing overwelcoming