U.S. general assumes command of NATO troops in Afghanistan
Outgoing commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) British General David Richards (R1) receives the ISAF flag from a British soldier during the change of command ceremony of the NATO-led ISAF in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 4, 2007. US Army General Dan K. McNeill (R3) took over the command of NATO troops from David Richards at the ceremony held at ISAF Headquarters on Sunday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C), outgoing commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and British General David Richards (R) and incoming US Army General Dan K. McNeill (L) attend the change of command ceremony of the NATO-led ISAF in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 4, 2007.
US general Dan McNeill took command of nearly 35,500 foreign soldiers fighting a Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan .