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Petraeus takes over ‘longest campaign’

By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Jon Boone in Kabul

Published: October 29 2008 22:21 | Last updated: October 29 2008 22:21

General David Petraeus, fresh from his widely praised tenure as US commander in Iraq, on Friday takes the helm at Central Command, a promotion that gives him the added responsibility of Afghanistan.

While the four-star army officer has spent the past 18 months prosecuting the successful “surge” in Iraq, he now faces in Afghanistan what he himself calls “the longest campaign of the long war”.

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