Richard Holbrooke

The US special envoy for Afghanistan is stepping down, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Wednesday in a move which comes at a key juncture in troubled US-Afghan ties.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has chosen Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration's new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, a senior State Department official said Monday. Mr. Grossman, who left the State Department in 2005 and is the vice chairman of a consul...

Richard C Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009 and a diplomatic troubleshooter in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who worked for every Democratic president since the late 1960s, died on Monday evening at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC.He was 69 and lived in Ma...

President Barack Obama has described critically ill Richard Holbrooke as "a towering figure" in American foreign policy and said that he was praying for the recovery of the "tireless public servant", who is his point man for Afghanistan and Pakistan.     69-year-old Holbrooke, the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakis...

Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was in critical condition after doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, the State Department said today."This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. He is in critical condition and has been joined by his family," State Department spokes...

The process of withdrawing US combat troops from Afghanistan will begin in July next year and will be completed in four years in a phased manner, America's Special Envoy for Af-Pak region Richard Holbrooke said today.The process of troop withdrawal is not an exit strategy but a transition strategy, Holbrooke told reporters at a roundtable discussio...

The US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, has told NDTV that America has raised concerns with Pakistan about the links between terror groups and Pakistan's ISI.   Holbrooke said any support for these groups is dangerous, and that America considers Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba as deadly as the Talib...

I regret any misunderstanding caused by my comments on the recent terrorist attack in Kabul, which claimed the lives of 6 Indians and at least ten citizens of other nations.

US Special Envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that his comments on Kabul attack were misunderstood.

US special envoy for Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke says Indians were not the target in Kabul but New Delhi does not agree.

Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said the US would support the two countries if they decide to resume the talks.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke are visiting Islamabad on Wednesday.

Top US envoy Richard Holbrooke has said the situation in the country was "much better off" without Al-Qaida leader Baitullah Mehsud.

US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke is expected to visit New Delhi in mid-August.

His trip comes close on the heels of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's ongoing trip.

The US special envoy for Afghanistan is stepping down, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Wednesday in a move which comes at a key juncture in troubled US-Afghan ties.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has chosen Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration's new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, a senior State Department official said Monday. Mr. Grossman, who left the State Department in 2005 and is the vice chairman of a consul...

Richard C Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009 and a diplomatic troubleshooter in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who worked for every Democratic president since the late 1960s, died on Monday evening at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC.He was 69 and lived in Ma...

President Barack Obama has described critically ill Richard Holbrooke as "a towering figure" in American foreign policy and said that he was praying for the recovery of the "tireless public servant", who is his point man for Afghanistan and Pakistan.     69-year-old Holbrooke, the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakis...

Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was in critical condition after doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, the State Department said today."This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. He is in critical condition and has been joined by his family," State Department spokes...

The process of withdrawing US combat troops from Afghanistan will begin in July next year and will be completed in four years in a phased manner, America's Special Envoy for Af-Pak region Richard Holbrooke said today.The process of troop withdrawal is not an exit strategy but a transition strategy, Holbrooke told reporters at a roundtable discussio...

The US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, has told NDTV that America has raised concerns with Pakistan about the links between terror groups and Pakistan's ISI.   Holbrooke said any support for these groups is dangerous, and that America considers Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba as deadly as the Talib...

I regret any misunderstanding caused by my comments on the recent terrorist attack in Kabul, which claimed the lives of 6 Indians and at least ten citizens of other nations.

US Special Envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that his comments on Kabul attack were misunderstood.

US special envoy for Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke says Indians were not the target in Kabul but New Delhi does not agree.

Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said the US would support the two countries if they decide to resume the talks.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke are visiting Islamabad on Wednesday.

Top US envoy Richard Holbrooke has said the situation in the country was "much better off" without Al-Qaida leader Baitullah Mehsud.

US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke is expected to visit New Delhi in mid-August.

His trip comes close on the heels of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's ongoing trip.