New Delhi - Architect of the 1995 Dayton agreement ending the war in Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke is familiar with situations that seem nearly hopeless. Newly appointed as special US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, the 67-year-old diplomat told the annual Munich Security Conference several days ago that the situation in the region was more difficult than any he had seen.
Brussels - NATO strongly condemned Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Kabul, saying they provide further evidence that the Taliban insurgency does not seek the betterment of the Afghan people.
NATO spokesman James Appathurai said the attacks were "a very clear indication of what the Taliban intends for Afghanistan."
"They have slaughtered a number of civilians, they have attacked government institutions, they have made it very clear that their goal is not the betterment of the Afghan people," Appathurai said.
Peshawar, Feb. 11 : US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, visited the Mohmand tribal agency in north west Pakistan on Wednesday.
"He went to the headquarters of the Mohmand Rifles and was given a briefing about military operations," the Dawn quoted a government official in the region, as saying.
Holbrooke travelled to Mohmand, one of seven of Pakistan''s ethnic Pashtun tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, by helicopter.
Kabul - Several blasts triggered by suicide bombers and gunfire rocked Kabul Wednesday, a day ahead of a visit by US special envoy Richard Holbrooke, causing an unknown number of casualties, police and witnesses said.
A senior police official said suicide bombers attacked the Justice Ministry, which is located in the heart of the capital near the Finance Ministry and the south gate of the Presidential Palace.
A group of four bombers equipped with machine guns stormed the ministry with one detonating himself outside the building and three others entering it, sources said.
New Delhi - Architect of the 1995 Dayton agreement ending the war in Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke is familiar with situations that seem nearly hopeless. Newly appointed as special US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, the 67-year-old diplomat told the annual Munich Security Conference several days ago that the situation in the region was more difficult than any he had seen.
Brussels - NATO strongly condemned Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Kabul, saying they provide further evidence that the Taliban insurgency does not seek the betterment of the Afghan people.
Peshawar, Feb. 11 : US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, visited the Mohmand tribal agency in north west Pakistan on Wednesday.
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Kabul - Several blasts triggered by suicide bombers and gunfire rocked Kabul Wednesday, a day ahead of a visit by US special envoy Richard Holbrooke, causing an unknown number of casualties, police and witnesses said.
