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Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

A U.S. Air Force ground staff member signals to the pilot of an A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter-jet from the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron before take-off for a mission over Kandahar province, Kandahar Air Field, September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY)AP - The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid.


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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…

Gen. Petraeus calls for unity in Afghanistan war (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

In this July 2, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, newly appointed International Security Assistance Forces Commander, Gen. David Petraeus, center right, greets Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez upon his arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan to take command of U.S. and binternational/b forces fighting the nearly 9-year-old war. Petraeus arrived from Brussels where he sought to reassure allies that the war against the Taliban was on track despite rising casualties and problems regaining control over key parts of the country. (AP Photo/Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez, U.S. Air Force)AP - The new U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is calling for unity between the civilian and military effort in the nearly 9-year-old war.


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Afghans relieved at choice of Gen. Petraeus (AP)

June 24th, 2010

FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, U.S. Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. President Barack Obama has named Gen. Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as top war commander in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Afghan officials expressed relief at the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. and NATO commander, believing the U.S. strategy aimed…

Afghan leaders warn against firing Gen. McChrystal (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, then President Barack Obama's nominee to be commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee. McChrystal was put in charge of a drifting war in Afghanistan in part because he wasn't afraid to speak up. That quality may prove to be his downfall as President Barack Obama decides whether to fire him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Afghan officials said Wednesday that firing Gen. Stanley McChrystal would disrupt progress in the war and could jeopardize a pivotal security operation under way in Taliban strongholds in…

Afghan politicians rally around Gen. McChrystal (AP)

June 22nd, 2010

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2009 file photo provided by the White House, shows President Barack Obama meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, aboard Air Force One in Copenhagen, Denmark. McChrystal has been summoned to Washington to explain derogatory comments about President Obama and his colleagues, administration officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/White House, Pete Souza, File)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave a strong endorsement Tuesday to embattled Gen. Stanley McChrystal, describing him as the “best commander” of the war and expressing hope that he…

Afghan president strongly endorses Gen. McChrystal (AP)

June 22nd, 2010

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2009 file photo provided by the White House, shows President Barack Obama meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, aboard Air Force One in Copenhagen, Denmark. McChrystal has been summoned to Washington to explain derogatory comments about President Obama and his colleagues, administration officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/White House, Pete Souza, File)AP - Afghanistan’s president believes that U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal is the “best commander” of the nearly 9-year-old war and hopes that President Barack Obama doesn’t decide to replace him,…

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