US envoy in Afghanistan's troubled south: local official‎

KABUL — US regional envoy Richard Holbrooke arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday and headed to southern Helmand province, where recently deployed US Marines are battling Taliban insurgents, a local official said. US envoy in Afghanistan's troubled south: local official‎

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