WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Holbrooke, who was President Barack Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died today, CNN reported citing a senior US official. He was 69.
The veteran US diplomat, who brokered the 1995 accordending the Balkans war, had been a key player in Obama’s efforts to turn around the faltering 9-year-old war in Afghanistan.
Holbrooke, who also served as the US ambassador to the United Nations and to Germany and twice was assistant secretary of state, died after surgery on Saturday to repair a tear in his aorta. He fell ill at the State Department on Friday.
