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Barack Obama, the US president, has dismissed General Stanley McChrystal, the US and Nato commander in Afghanistan, over disparaging comments about the president's staff in a Rolling Stone magazine interview. Obama said he would not tolerate any act that could undermine civilian control of the US military. The president was quick, however, to say that the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan would continue -- though without its chief architect. Afghan officials expressed disappointment over McChrystal's dismissal, but Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, said he accepted the decision. Related articles by Zemanta Afghan president respects McChrystal dismissal (reuters.com) Obama fires US Afghan commander (news.bbc.co.uk) D-Day for McChrystal and Maybe the War in Afghanistan (beliefnet.com)

Gen. David Petraeus appeared to become faint during a Senate hearing Tuesday, but revived after a few seconds and left the room under his own power. Petraeus is the commander of U.S. Central Command. He was testifying on the war in Afghanistan. Related articles by Zemanta Petraeus praises U.S.-U.K. relationship (cnn.com)

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Al Jazeera has uncovered evidence that an increasing number of Afghan forces are switching sides - joining the Taliban and turning their weapons against those they used to fight alongside.

The head of Afghanistan's spy agency has accused Pakistan of refusing to arrest the man they say was behind the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Amrullah Saleh says that his agency gave the man's details to Pakistani officials but that the authorities have failed to act.

An Afghan women has accussed her government of pardoning three men convicted of gang-raping her. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Afghanistan where several cases have sparked controversy in a country that views rape as a taboo subject.

UN reports say opium production in Afghanistan has fallen for the first time in three years, but another worrying trend is on the horizon.Al Jazeera's James Bays in Kabul discovers how heroin use among the Afghan population has increased.

Thousands of people had turned out on the streets of Denver, Colorado demanding an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. One activist told Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan why he travelled 2,000km to make his voice heard.