Afghan Officials Rally Behind Embattled General -- MSNBC
Say firing McChrystal would jeopardize pivotal operation against Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan - 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 the south.
At the end of a one-hour video conference Tuesday night with President Barack Obama, Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his confidence in the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, Karzai spokesman Waheed Omar said.
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