Major General Peter Fuller, a top US commander in Afghanistan, has been relieved of his duties after making comments critical of Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
General Fuller was relieved as deputy commander of the effort botas ugg botas ugg botas uggto train Afghan security forces after he told the Politico newspaper that Afghan leaders were "isolated from reality," a defence official said.
The official said he was relieved by US General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force.
Pentagon spokesman George Little earlier told reporters earlier that defence secretary Leon Panetta was aware of the remarks and General Fuller had been speaking for himself and not the US Defence Department.
"The secretary has full trust and confidence in General Allen's judgment with respect to his decision in this case," Mr Little said in response to the decision to relieve General Fuller of his duties.
Speaking in a Politico interview that ran on Thursday, General Fuller depicted Afghan officials as detached and unappreciative of American sacrifices and financial contributions to Afghanistan after 10 years of war.
The interview also depicted General Fuller as critical of Mr Karzai's recent comments suggesting that Afghanistan would side with Pakistan if it went to war with the United States.
"Why don't you just poke me in the eye with a needle! You've got to be kidding me - I'm sorry, we just gave you $11.6 billion and now you'rebotas ugg botas ugg botas ugg telling me, 'I don't really care?'" he said.
The interview also quotes General Fuller as saying Afghanistan did not recognise the sacrifice in "treasure and blood" the United States was making for its security.
It is not first time the tenure of an American general has ended abruptly under a similar cloud.
In July 2010, president Barack Obama fired General Stanley McChrystal, then commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, over remarks he and his aides made in an explosive Rolling Stone magazine article that disparaged the president and other civilian leaders.
While General Fuller's job was far less senior than General McChrystal's, the training of Afghan security forces has become an increasingly central part of NATO's mission in Afghanistan as foreign forces gradually seek to put Afghan soldiers and police in charge of security.
Afghan security forces are far more numerous than they were, and better skilled, but they still suffer from inadequate fighting skills, subpar equipment and widespread illiteracy.
While Mr Obama plans to remove the 33,000 extra troops he sent following a 2009 review of Afghan war strategy, security conditions remain troubling.
The United Nations says violence is at botas ugg botas ugg botas uggits worst level since the war began in 2001.
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