Will Turkey take over security at Afghanistan’s main airport?
Al Jazeera
Turkey, US negotiating on Turkish troops guarding Kabul international airport – a move the Taliban opposes.
Istanbul, Turkey – As American military and intelligence officers quietly slip out of Afghanistan, the security environment in the country has increasingly become more fragile, especially for the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul that serves as a gateway to the world. Following the first bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden during a NATO leaders’ summit in early June, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Turkish troops could continue to stay at Kabul airport to guard it and assist NATO’s withdrawal. That may happen on the condition that Turkey, a NATO member, should get the necessary diplomatic, financial, and logistical support from the United States. Hungary, which took part in the airport mission as a NATO member, and Pakistan could also be involved.
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