ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that United States will not repeat the past mistake of leaving Pakistan alone.
He said the US has learnt a lesson from leaving Pakistan alone after end of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Gates said the apprehensions being expressed about the US interference in Pakistan?s internal affairs are baseless.
?The US doesn?t feel Pakistan is facing any threat from its eastern borders,? he said.
The US Defense Secretary said: ?The Taliban are getting money from drugs, kidnap for ransom and smuggling while financial help is also coming to them from Middle East nations.?
