Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Special US Envoy To Afghanistan And Pakistan Calls It Quits

U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman

Special US Envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan Steps Down -- Voice of America

The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is stepping down.

The State Department says Marc Grossman will leave next month to return to private life, and will be replaced by his deputy, David Pearce.

Grossman came out of retirement to take the job early last year, following the sudden death of former envoy Richard Holbrooke.

His tenure has included tense relations between the United States and Pakistan over the issues of drone strikes on Pakistani soil, an American airstrike that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and the U.S. raid in Abbottabad that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Grossman has also worked to support Afghanistan's peace process and stressed the need for Pakistan to be a part of the reconciliation.

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More News On The U.S. Special Envoy For Afghanistan And Pakistan Stepping Down

Marc Grossman steps down as envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
-- Foreign Policy
Marc Grossman resigning Afghan-Pakistan post
-- Washington Post
State Department Af-Pak chief stepping down -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
US special envoy to Pakistan, Afghanistan to leave -- AFP
US envoy to leave Afghanistan-Pakistan post -- Al Jazeera
U.S. Envoy To Pakistan And Afghanistan To Step Down -- Radio Free Europe

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