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The administration's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke is acknowledging that the way ahead in that region is challenging, NPR’s David Welna reports Holbrooke got an earful from skeptical law-makers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Democratic Chairman John Kerry told ambassador Holbrooke that many wonder if US is following the right strategy, the Panel’s top Republican Richard Lugar warned of what he called a lack of clarity in Afghanistan.

I was just to say that in order to have , we continue in strong support of The congress and American people, a better sense of success in definitions are going to be required.

Holbrooke applied that the new top priority for the US is to have Afghan authorities to rule Taliban fighters over to their side.

We all agreed there is no final military solution to this war, there has to be a way to get Taliban fighters off the battle field and this is the route.

Holbrooke said foreign donors are giving Some 300 million dollars to the new reconciliation programme.