http://networkedblogs.com/ekMIw?a=share&ref=nfGen. David Petraeus, the most celebrated American soldier of his generation, is to leave his post as commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, The (London) Times reported Tuesday.
The Times reported that the Pentagon aims to replace Petraeus, who was appointed less than eight months ago, by the end of the year.
Sources have confirmed that the search for a new commander in Kabul is under way. It forms part of a sweeping reorganization of top American officials in Afghanistan, which the Obama administration hopes to present as proof that its strategy does not depend on the towering reputation of one man.
"General Petraeus is doing a brilliant job but he's been going virtually non-stop since 9/11 [and] he can't do it for ever," Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, told The Times.
