Afghan Leader's Invitation Could Reopen Doors for Former U.S. Commander.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai has invited retired Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who led NATO troops here in 2009 and 2010, to Afghanistan, and General McChrystal plans to make the visit in the next few weeks, Afghan and American officials said. The general has not been in Afghanistan since he resigned his command in June 2010 after an embarrassing article in Rolling Stone magazine quoted members of his staff saying disparaging things about the Obama administration. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]