President Barack Obama has dismissed Stanley McChrystal as the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, in a move intended to reassert civilian authority over the US military but which also raises new doubts about the war against the Taliban.
Gen David Petraeus, the architect of the surge in Iraq and Gen McChrystal's current boss at US central command, will replace him as the commander in Afghanistan.
Mr Obama made his decision after Gen McChrystal and his aides made a series of insulting remarks about senior administration personnel in an interview given to Rolling Stone
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