Diplomatic Swing: Grossman starts Asia, Gulf tour

WASHINGTON: Ahead of two major conferences on Afghanistan’s future, US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman started a multi-nation tour on Friday through Asia and the Gulf. Grossman was on his way to Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan as well as India and Doha for consultations, the US State Department said in a statement. His trip is scheduled to last until October 14.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 2^nd, 2011.