U.S. major general relieved of duty over critical Karzai comments

Major General Peter Fuller, a top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was relieved of his duties on Friday after making comments critical of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a senior U.S. defense official said.

U.S. General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, relieved Maj.-Gen. Fuller as deputy commander of the effort to train Afghan security forces after Maj.-Gen. Fuller told the Politico newspaper that Afghan leaders were “isolated from reality,” the official said.   Read Here