"They invaded Afghanistan... and we did not want to see them control Central Asia and we went to work... and it was President Reagan in partnership with Congress led by Democrats who said you know what it sounds like a pretty good idea... let's deal with the ISI and the Pakistan military and let's go recruit these mujahideen.
"And great, let them come from Saudi Arabia and other countries, importing their Wahabi brand of Islam so that we can go beat the Soviet Union.
"And guess what ... they (Soviets) retreated ... they lost billions of dollars and it led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"So there is a very strong argument which is... it wasn't a bad investment in terms of Soviet Union but let's be careful with what we sow... because we will harvest.
"So we then left Pakistan ... We said okay fine you deal with the Stingers that we left all over your country... you deal with the mines that are along the border and... by the way we don't want to have anything to do with you... in fact we're sanctioning you... So we stopped dealing with the Pakistani military and with ISI and we now are making up for a lot of lost time."
It was question from Congressman Adam Shciff, a California Democrat that spurred Secretary Clinton to delve into history and come out with an answer that other US politicians have avoided in the past.
"You carried out 57,800 attacks on Afghanistan from our bases," tweets Pakistan's Foreign Minister
On Wednesday, Jan 3, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif shot back on Tweeter saying Islamabad has done enough and the US must not put the blame of their failed policies and actions on them.
Asif's tweet in Urdu language said: "You have asked what did we do? A dictator surrendered on a single phone call, our country witnessed the worse bloodbath, you carried out 57,800 attacks on Afghanistan from our bases, your forces were supplied arms and explosives through our soil, thousands of our civilians and soldiers became victims of the war initiated by you."
Trump had also accused Pakistan of providing "safe haven" to terrorists in return for USD 33 billion aid over the last 15 years. Asif categorically rejected the US' claims that it had provided USD 33 billion aid over the last 15 years to Pakistan, saying it was 'hollow and imprecise'. He reiterated that Pakistan will not compromise on its territorial integrity at any cost and that while the country is ready to resolve issues via bilateral means, it will not do so at the stake prestige.
Asif's tweet also said, Pakistan considered US' enemies as its own time and again, and rendered services relentlessly. Pakistan left its sources running dry for the sake of the war on terrorism that the US required the nation to fight.
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