In a video conference call with Obama on Tuesday night, Karzai said “that we are in a very sensitive juncture in our partnership and our war on terror,” Karzai spokesman Waheed Omar said in a news conference Wednesday. “Any gaps in this process would not be helpful.”…

Omar called McChrystal a “great partner of the Afghan government,” who has “increased the level of trust between the partners.”…

The fallout of the McChrystal scandal is also being closely watched in Pakistan, where the general has also established close ties with military commanders.

“He shouldn’t be changed midstream,” a senior Pakistani intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It’s never a good policy to change the military commanders.”