US envoy for Afghanistan, Pakistan steps down
James Dobbins has stepped down as US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday.
Kerry said Dobbins’ deputy, Daniel Feldman, will succeed him, Xinhua reported.
As the first special envoy for Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in December 2001, Dobbins, a 72-year-old foreign service officer, took up his current post in May last year.