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Gates in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai, Petraeus (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, Afghan firemen carry fire a fire hose to extinguish a burning oil tanker, unseen, after an explosive device planted underneath it exploded, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.  (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus.


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Petraeus: ‘We are in this to win’ in Afghanistan (AP)

July 4th, 2010

Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, second from left,poses with U.S. Marines brass band at the Independence Day celebrations Saturday, July 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - Gen. David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan on Sunday, telling NATO and Afghan officials “we are in this to win” despite rising casualties…

Gen. Petraeus: US civilian-military team must mesh (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, shows his U.S. Embassy ID card during the Independence Day celebrations Saturday, July 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Petraeus arrived Friday night to assume command of the troubled binternational/b military mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - America’s top diplomat in Kabul jokingly handed NATO’s new commander Gen. David Petraeus an access badge to the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, a symbolic gesture of a new…

US ambassador to Afghanistan calls for unity (AP)

June 24th, 2010

President Barack Obama announces that Gen. David Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as his top commander in Afghanistan while in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 23, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningAP - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan pledged Thursday to move forward in a unified mission with Gen. David Petraeus after the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top…

Relief greets Obama pick for new war commander (AP)

June 24th, 2010

Gen. David Petraeus listens as President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, where the president announced that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - America’s Afghan and international allies embraced the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to run the war in Afghanistan, hoping the architect of the Iraq surge will seamlessly pursue the…