Military chiefs out after attack

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s defense minister and army chief stepped down Monday amid growing outrage over the deaths of more than 100 soldiers in one of the deadliest Taliban attacks of the 16-year war.

President Ashraf Ghani accepted the resignations of Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and Qadam Shah Shahim, the chief of army staff, in a meeting at the presidential palace, according to a government statement.