KABUL had taken place too quickly, a media report said.
Addressing German troops in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, she said the ISAF was too hasty in its withdrawal from the country.
According to the DW, she voiced little hope that the conflict there would end anytime soon.
"I haven't forgotten how it was at the beginning when we got out …too quickly with too big a reduction in troop numbers . . .
