KABUL: The US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that the new NATO commander would pursue the same war strategy crafted by Gen Stanley McChrystal -- the ousted general whom Karzai warmly praised for training Afghan security forces and reducing civilian casualties. Mullen assured Karzai that Gen David Petraeus would also do his best to reduce civilian casualties, bolster cooperation among the forces and train Afghan police and soldiers. In a speech earlier in the day marking the International Anti-Narcotics Day, Karzai acknowledged that curbing Afghanistan's huge drug trade remains a major challenge.
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