U.S. Learned Its Lesson, Won't Abandon Afghanistan, Gates Says - washingtonpost

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in an interview broadcast this week that the United States would not repeat the mistake of abandoning Afghanistan, vowing that "both Afghanistan and Pakistan can count on us for the long term."

In his first interview with the al-Jazeera television network, Gates said the United States made a "serious strategic mistake" by turning its focus away from Afghanistan after Soviet occupation forces were defeated there two decades ago. - U.S. Learned Its Lesson, Won't Abandon Afghanistan, Gates Says

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