Holbrooke urges EU aid for Pakistan

BRUSSELS: US envoy Richard Holbrooke urged the EU Monday to boost aid to Pakistan to help beat the Afghan insurgency, as President Barack Obama seeks a way to end more than seven years of fighting.Holbrooke was in Brussels to brief NATO and European Union officials on a new US strategy for Afghanistan.It puts Pakistan at the heart of efforts to beat the Taliban, who are backed by Al-Qaeda fighters, drug runners and criminal gangs."He asked the co .... Full Story