VOA慢速英语2010年-US Demands More Progress by Pakistan i

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama released a progress report on the Afghan war, now in its tenth year. The five-page summary of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review says there are notable operational gains.

NPR 2010-12-12

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the president's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, is in the hospital after emergency surgery. As NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports, Holbrooke is a veteran diplomat who's been given some of the thorniest fore

AP 2010-12-18

1. President Barack Obama says US diplomat Richard Holbrooke deserves credit for the hard-won progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Holbrooke died Monday night. He had surgery in Washington Saturday to repair a tear in his aorta. He was 69 years old.

AP 2010-12-16

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VOA标准英语2009年-World Leaders Rally in Support for Pakista

By David Gollust United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama (l) and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (r) at the informal Friends of Democratic Pakistan meeting in New York, 24 Sep 2009 President Barack Obama co-chaired a meeting of

VOA标准英语2010年-US Envoy: London Conference an Opportu

...I found the situation in Kabul in a better situation than at any time in the year since we took office and we inherited a very difficult situation to put it bluntly. -- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke President Barack Obama's Special Representative f

VOA标准英语 US, Pakistani Officials Highlight Need for Trust in

U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke and Pakistani Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi say they are focusing on building up trust and putting together a plan for taking on the al Qaida and Taliban militants that threaten both nations. Officials in Islamabad al

VOA标准英语2010年-Democrats Deeply Divided Over Afghan W

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah (r) and Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, 28 Jul 2010 A vote by the House of Representatives on emergency funding for the war in Afghanistan h

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistani, Afghan Diplomats to Meet With US Off

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to take part in the Obama administration's strategic review of South Asia policy here in Washington this week. The three-party talks come on the heels of a peace agreement between Islam

VOA英语2010年-World Reacts to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke

Richard Holbrooke died Monday at the age of 69 after undergoing heart surgery. The longtime diplomat's death drew reaction from around the world. Words of praise showered from Islamabad to Brussels toward U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who died Mon

VOA标准英语2009-US Cautious on Afghan Outreach to Taliban

David Gollust | State Department 23 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 23 Nov 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States is open to the prospect of Afghan government peace talks with elements of th

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghan Campaign for Presidential Runoff St

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 24 October 2009 Workers sit near piles of ballot boxes before loading them on to trucks at Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul, 24 Oct 2009 Taliban insurgents are threatening to target Afghans who vote in the

经济学人26:外交家和纠纷调解专家理查德·霍尔布鲁克

Obituary；Richard Holbrooke； 讣告；理查德霍尔布鲁克； Richard Holbrooke, diplomat and troubleshooter, died on December 13th, aged 69. 外交家和纠纷调解专家理查德霍尔布鲁克，于12月13日去世，享年69岁。 HIS fav

经济学人64:风生水起,恃强凌弱

Books and Arts; Book Review;Richard Holbrooke；Bullish and bullying； 文艺；书评；理查德霍尔布鲁克；风生水起，恃强凌弱； The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World. Edited by Derek Chollet and Samantha Power. 《不

VOA双语新闻：阿富汗官员将参加美对阿战略评估

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his government will participate in President Barack Obama's strategic review of the war in Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai announced the agreement after meeting with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke. 阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊说

VOA双语新闻：美巴阿外长聚会华府审查南亚政策

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to take part in the Obama administration's strategic review of South Asia policy here in Washington this week. The three-party talks come on the heels of a peace agreement between Islama

VOA标准英语2009-Holbrooke Makes Case for Increased US Aid to Pak

President Barack Obama's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has appealed to Congress to approve pending legislation to provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in military and non-military aid. Testimony to the House of Representat

VOA标准英语2010年-US Envoy Says Taliban Attack on Kabul

Taliban gunmen have launched a major assault on Afghanistan's capital, targeting government ministries and other buildings. The daylight attack came as U.S. and Indian government officials were plotting strategy in New Delhi for an upcoming internati

VOA标准英语2009-US Envoy Says Pakistanis Turning Against Tal

A suicide bomber killed at least 32 people at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday just hours before top U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke declared the Pakistani mood has turned decidedly against Islamic extremism. Top U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke

VOA标准英语2009年-International Envoys Pledge Continued Supp

Senior international envoys vowed continued strong support for Afghanistan during strategy talks in Paris on Wednesday. This comes amid rising violence in Afghanistan and on the heels of the country's controversial elections. L-R, US Envoy Richard H