Outgoing US commander in Afghanistan says alliance forces ‘on road to winning war’ in country

February 10: Outgoing commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has said the alliance is on ‘the road to winning the war. General Allen, who handed over to General Joseph Dunford on Sunday, said troops had gone ‘a long way’ towards winning counter-insurgency. According to the BBC, General Allen is set to be nominated as the alliance’s supreme commander in Europe. Last month, he was cleared of misconduct by the Pentagon in a scandal that led former CIA director David Petraeus to resign. General...