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A Passage to India and Its Neighbors

President George W. Bush's travels in India, Afghanistan and Pakistan last week were filled with surprises, tight security and one historic announcement.

On Wednesday, Bush paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan. He is the first President to visit the country since 1959. Bush spoke with U.S. troops at Bagram air base. Then, amid tight security, he flew to Kabul for meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Thursday's announcement of an agreement to share nuclear reactors, fuel and knowledge with India was the highlight of the trip.

India, which has more than 1 billion people, is the world's largest de-mocracy. It developed a nuclear weapons program in the 1970s. The new agreement would open India's nonmilitary nuclear sites to inspectors.

Although Congress must still approve the deal, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh thanked the President. "We have made history today," he said.

Bush ended his travels in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. The day before his visit, an American diplomat was killed in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan's larg-est city. "Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan," Bush said.

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