WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghans would rather be farmers than fighters, the U.S. agriculture secretary said on Wednesday, highlighting a U.S. focus on farming ...
US supports Afghan proposal to reintegrate Taliban fighters, US envoy Holbrooke says The U.S. supports a proposal to lure fighters with no strong ...
The US pointman on Afghanistan on Friday played down tensions with President Hamid Karzai, saying that the problems in the war-torn nation involved more than one man. Richard Holbrooke, the special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said he wanted to "get us ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, plans to visit both countries next week as part of "routine" consultations with their governments, said a spokeswoman for his office. En route to the region, Holbrooke will stop over ...
Senior US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has acknowledged that institution-building in Afghanistan would have to start "from scratch" in the ninth year of engagement, in an interview published Wednesday. Holbrooke, special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, told Germany's daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that international ...
Senior US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has acknowledged that institution-building in Afghanistan would have to start "from scratch" in the ninth year of engagement, in an interview published Wednesday. Holbrooke, special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, told Germany's daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that international ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.N. criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia Monday rejected a motion by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic challenging the legitimacy of the court to try him for war crimes. Karadzic, facing 11 charges of war crimes arising from ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai raised doubts on Sunday that his country could take over responsibility for its security by July 2011, while U.S. leaders said the date was not a "drop-dead" deadline for Kabul. U.S. President Barack Obama announced ...
Q&A of AP interview with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday about the newly announced U.S. war plan and other issues. Here are some questions and answers from the interview: Q: Can you ...
US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke talks to the media after his meeting with EU officials, at the European Counsill building in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec.2, 2009. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) Copyright 2009 AP News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The civilian operation to rebuild Afghanistan is disjointed and needs to be coordinated better, U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Wednesday. Holbrooke signaled his concerns over efforts involving the United Nations and scores of foreign aid and development ...
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke speaks during a briefing at the State Department November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Holbrooke briefed the media on State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent trip to Afghanistan. (Photo ...
