Petraeus steps down in Afghanistan

KABUL : General David Petraeus, the United States commander in Afghanistan , on Monday stepped down and handed over c

The handover took place at a change of command ceremony in Kabul, just hours after a key adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot dead in a four-hour raid on his home in the heavily protected capital.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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