Bond visits UK troops in Afghanistan

LONDON (AFP) - James Bond actor Daniel Craig on Sunday surprised British servicemen at the Camp Bastion base in Afghanistan when he dropped in for a visit shortly before a screening of his new film “Skyfall”. Craig introduced the film to the 800 troops and then toured the camp, met soldiers and hospital patients before firing off some machine-gun rounds at the heavy weapons range, a Ministry of Defence statement said. “We get quite a lot of visitors here, but having James Bond was special,” said soldier Rob Ingham. The critically-acclaimed new Bond movie swept North American box offices last week, taking in $88.4 million in its first weekend of release, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.