From The Associated Press, 10/1/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-newsbrief,0,1411218.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
NATO to Lead U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) --
America's direct control of military operations in Afghanistan will
dwindle to a single air base within days as the NATO alliance assumes
a nationwide command that places 12,000 more U.S. troops under its
authority, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
The expansion will consolidate military command under top NATO leader
British Lt. Gen. David Richards and phase out the role of U.S. Lt.
Gen. Karl Eikenberry, whose troops will be transferred to NATO, said
Mark Laity, an alliance spokesman in Kabul.
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