Turkey's Role in Afghanistan and Afghan Stabilization

摘要

ON 23 MAY2012, during a visit to Islamabad, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "Turkey will stay in Afghanistan even after all the other forces have left, and will leave only when our Afghan brothers and sisters tell us, "Thank you, now you can go home." Turkish President Abdullah Guel echoed this view during the May 2012 NATO summit in Chicago, reiterating that Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan was for the long-term.