Richard Holbrooke

‘Pak to raise drone attack issue with Holbrooke’

‘Pak to raise drone attack issue with Holbrooke’Islamabad, Apr. 3 : Pakistan will raise the issue of drone attacks on tribal areas with the President Obama's special envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, during his forthcoming visit to Islamabad.

"Richard Holbrooke is scheduled to visit Pakistan next week and this issue (drone attacks) would come up for our discussions," The Nation quoted Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit, as saying.

Obama administration''s contact with Iran confirmed

Obama administration''s contact with Iran confirmedThe Hague (Netherlands), Apr. 1  US Presidential envoy Richard C. Holbrooke met an Iranian diplomat here, marking the first face-to-face encounter between the Obama administration and the Government of Iran.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed that Holbrooke, the administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, greeted Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh, on the sidelines of a major conference here devoted to Afghanistan.

EXTRA: US-Iranian talks take place at UN Afghan conference

US-Iranian talks take place at UN Afghan conference The Hague - The United States' special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, held talks with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhunzadeh at a conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on Tuesday.

"During the course of the conference today, our special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, had a brief and cordial exchange with the head of the Iranian delegation," US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in The Hague.

Terrorist hiding in FATA planning attacks in US, Europe: Holbrook

Terrorist hiding in FATA planning attacks in US, Europe: HolbrookThe Hague (Netherland), Mar. 31 : Strongly condemning the terror attack on the police training camp in Lahore, the United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke has expressed fears that several terrorists, hiding in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), were planning to carry out similar strikes in the US and European countries.

Richard Holbrooke likely to visit India on April 7

Richard Holbrooke New Delhi, Mar 29 : United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan

Insurgency along lawless Pak Afghan border most ‘daunting’ for US: Holbrook

Insurgency along lawless Pak Afghan border most ‘daunting’ for US: HolbrookWashington, Mar. 28 : The US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrook has said that the insurgency in Pakistan along the Afghan border is the most daunting situation that the US is facing presently.

Talking to media persons right after President Barack Obama unveiled a new policy for Afghanistan, Holbrooke said that the US is very concerned about dealing with the problem on the western border of Pakistan.

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