Holbrooke says the American commitment to South Asia is long and enduring.

霍尔布鲁克说，美国对南亚的承诺是长久和持续性的。

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U.S. envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke says there is no purely-military solution to the Afghan conflict and thus reintegration is essential.

美国阿富汗和巴基斯坦问题特使霍尔布鲁克说，阿富汗的冲突没有纯粹的军事解决办法，因此重新融合的做法是个关键。

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Richard Holbrooke says American officials worry that the agreement will "turn into surrender."

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Holbrooke says the long-held notion that Afghanistan's illicit opium trade is the main source of funding for the insurgency is simply not true.

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Holbrooke says there was never such an agreement. Tribunal judges have ruled that even if there were such a deal, it would have no bearing on the Karadzic's trial.

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Holbrooke says he hasn't asked that of the Bosnian government.

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He says Mr Holbrooke may be ahead of the game in seeing the potential for the Security Council to discuss broad social themes, not just problems specific to particular countries.

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The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad says Mr Holbrooke is being seen as a key actor in a new effort to reverse the deteriorating situation on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

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