Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): Accusing Pakistan of double-dealing, Democrat senator from New Jersey Robert Menendez on Tuesday said that the US mission failed in Afghanistan as Islamabad offered a safe haven to the Taliban even as its militants targetted and killed US troops.

"Islamabad offered a safe haven to the Taliban even as its militants targetted and killed US troops. We need to have a serious conversation with the Pakistani Government in our path forward," said Senator Menendez, who was chairing the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

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The senator, who is chairing a hearing of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on ambassadorial nominations to Pakistan, India and Germany, further said, "As I told this committee last month, the failure of our mission in Afghanistan was due, in a small part, to years of Pakistani double-dealing."

He also welcomed the nomination of Donald Armin Blome as US Ambassador to Pakistan.

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"We welcome your (Donald Armin Blome as US Ambassador to Pakistan) nomination at this particularly challenging moment in US-Pakistan bilateral relationship," said the Democrat senator.

Further, Menendez welcomed the nomination of Eric Garcetti, as US Ambassador to India.

"As a member of Quad, alongside US-Japan-Australia, India is playing a greater role in helping maintain free and open Indo-Pacific. In September, Biden administration hosted 1st-ever in-person Quad Summit," said Menendez. (ANI)

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