Top US commander in Afghanistan steps down as troops withdraw – live

General Scott Miller has stood down from his post as the top US commander in Afghanistan, handing over to another four-star general who will oversee operations in the country - but from the US - until America’s troops are all brought out by August 31.

The sense of impending crisis for the Afghan government and the 38 million ordinary people of Afghanistan is only growing, as the extremist Taliban advances and a diplomatic vacuum opens in the troubled nation.

Even as he bade farewell, Miller said: “We can all see the...