The president of Turkey said Friday his administration continues to weigh its response to a Taliban request for technical support with operations at Kabul airport, with security the key issue, according to Turkish media. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at a press conference that the Taliban had asked Turkey to help run operations at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where a deadly terror attack Thursday killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 60 Afghan civilians. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, bragging that a suicide bomber made it through both Taliban checkpoints and the U.S. security presence in Afghanistan’s largest city. The fact that ISIS was able to carry out the attack “proves how dangerous it is to the region and the world,” Erdogan told reporters, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The Turkish president said that Turkey held its first talks with the Taliban in Kabul and …
Turkey Undecided on Helping Taliban Run Kabul Airport, Citing Security Concerns
August 27, 2021
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