Submitted By: starsandstripes
| 10 months ago
By BRUCE O. RIEDEL AND BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Published: January 29, 2009The New York Times
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
The new envoy, a veteran diplomat nicknamed 'the Bulldozer,' called the Afghan government a failure and put pressure on Pakistan to battle extremists. February 2, 2009 Officials in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have reacted uneasily to the...
News Source: NewKerala
| 9 months ago
Riedel, an expert on South Asia who has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Pentagon and National Security Council, says new special envoy Richard Holbrooke needs to reverse the negative momentum in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. The...
News Source: Hindustan times
| 10 months ago
As we've said before, that Kashmir was not going to be a part of Ambassador Holbrooke's portfolio. We've made that very clear," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said on Friday asserting that such a "story in The Washington Post is not true." "...
News Source: NewKerala
| 10 months ago
Holbrooke will travel to South Asia after attending a security conference in Munich, Germany, acting State Department department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters Thursday. Although his schedule was not set, he was expected to travel to...
News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 10 months ago
President Barack Obama should deepen US engagement in Afghanistan but show more restraint in Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday. He said US drone attacks on Pakistani territory were counterproductive and called for a new...