Ah! a rare admission most often Pakistani's claim they fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan at the behest of the US. Never acknowledging that a pro India Dr Najibullah government in Afghanistan was an existential threat to Pakistan. Well done, please rinse and repeat for WOT.
When will Pakistan gain national consensus on a definition of 'best interests'? Is Pakistan also a mess of competing aspirations?
Well Obama and his predecessor Bush Jr supported efforts and massive investments towards nation building.
From the link:
http://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/ef44bf21-5894-4d85-ac09-f5a9e9695155/650045.pdf
Nation-building in Afghanistan reached its zenith, in terms of funding and attention, toward the end of the Bush Administration’s second term in ofice, but it was a stated objective much earlier than this. Bush himself, who had derided the concept during his Presidential campaign, came to accept it as a part of the mission in Afghanistan from April 2002 onward