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Holbrooke testifies on Pakistan strategy in Washington

Richard Holbrooke, special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the State Department, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding U.S. strategy in Pakistan on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 12, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)


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KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan says he believes the Nov. 7 presidential runoff election will not be as flawed as the Aug. 20 polls.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Amid growing frustration, Afghan President Hamid Karzai threw his sheepskin cap following a bitter meeting with U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. officials indicated they would withhold financial aid to Pakistan to discourage Islamabad from moving ahead with a pipeline project with Iran.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Obama administration is moving to ramp up its efforts to win the propaganda war in Afghanistan, U.S. regional envoy Richard Holbrooke says.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 23 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said his country needs a sweeping foreign economic recovery plan to overcome many of its challenges.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 8 (UPI) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's claim he is immune from war crimes prosecution doesn't hold water, an international tribunal says.
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TRIESTE, Italy, June 27 (UPI) -- The United States will shift its policies in Afghanistan away from poppy eradication to legal crop development, a top U.S. envoy said Saturday.
Pakistan asks U.S. debt forgiveness
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 6 (UPI) -- A meeting between U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani included a plea for debt forgiveness, officials said.
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