Bush Confident Bin Laden Will Be Captured

Speaking at a news conference following talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Bush said U.S. forces and their allies are hunting for bin Laden, along with Afghan and Pakistani troops.

"We're making progress [on] dismantling Al-Qaeda," he said. "Slowly, but surely, we are bringing the people to justice, and the world is better for it as a result of our steady progress."

Bush also said the United States is proud of Afghanistan's progress as a nation in the face of rising violence.

Bush made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan earlier today. He is set to arrive in India in a few hours on his first visit to South Asia. There he will discuss an important nuclear agreement that could provide assistance to India's civilian nuclear industry.

(Reuters, AP)