Thu Nov 12, 8:58 AM ET

US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, seen here in September 2009, is due in France on Friday, the French foreign ministry said, as Paris seeks to build an anti-corruption strategy for Kabul. (AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)

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