Obama lands in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) - Barack Obama arrived Saturday at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on the first stop of his tour of the Middle East and Europe, aimed at boosting the U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful's foreign policy credentials, his campaign confirmed.

The U.S. senator from Illinois left Washington on Thursday and stopped first in Kuwait to visit U.S. troops there, according to Obama campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs.
Obama plans to visit Iraq, although details of the trip have have not been made public for security reasons. The air field is 27 miles (47 km) north of the Afghan capital, Kabul.