World News
May 22, 2018 / 1:07 PM / Updated 17 hours ago
Elite U.S. special operations commander picked to lead Afghan war
Reuters Staff
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - A three-star general who leads the Joint Special Operations Command overseeing some of the most sensitive U.S. commando missions has been picked to lead the nearly 17-year-old Afghan war, five U.S. officials told Reuters.
Army Lieutenant General Scott Miller would replace Army General John “Mick†Nicholson, who after more than two years has become the longest-serving U.S. commander of international forces battling the Taliban insurgency.
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