Robert Gates: US regrets 'grave mistakes' in Pakistan - telegraph

"I was in government in the early 1990s, when Russia left the region and the United States largely abandoned Afghanistan and cut off defence ties with Pakistan - a grave strategic mistake driven by some well-intentioned but short-sighted US legislative and policy decisions," said Mr Gates. - US regrets 'grave mistakes' in Pakistan

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