Afghan President Hamid Karzai backed the embattled US military commander General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan and said he hoped the general would not be sacked over an interview criticising the Obama administration. Karzai's spokesman Waheed Omar told foreign news agency the Afghan president considered to be the "best commander" of international forces during the nearly nine-year war in the country." We hope it won't happen," Omar said when asked about the possibility of the White House sacking Mc Chrystal after the unflattering article appeared in Rolling Stone magazine.