Heavy security as Mike Pence makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

US vice president Mike Pence has made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet the country’s leaders and visit US troops.

US vice president Mike Pence has made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet the country’s leaders and visit US troops.

Mr Pence arrived in Afghanistan four months after President Donald Trump outlined a new strategy to break the stalemate in America’s longest war.