U.S. troops in Afghanistan greet visitor from Ground Zero

Associated Press

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, wearing a flak jacket, chats with fellow New Yorker Lt. Col. Patrick Mahaney, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C., at the air base in Bagram, Afghanistan.

Bloomberg, who has been travelling in Greece and Turkey, made a surprise one-day visit to the war-shattered country yesterday.