Top US general cleared of charges

The Pentagon has cleared the top US commander in Afghanistan of wrongdoing over emails with a woman tied to the scandal that forced CIA director David Petraeus to resign, a US official said Tuesday.
The Defense Department's inspector general completely exonerated General John Allen, the outgoing chief of US-led forces in Afghanistan, over his correspondence, paving the way for his pending nomination to take up command of Nato forces in Europe, the official said.