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ment and other equipment,” tical and other support is going and what actual support Turkey confront other regional players,
Lavrov said during a press con- to get from the US for the whole may be given on the ground. like Pakistan, Russia, Iran, and
ference. operation, what the Biden ad- Moreover, Turkey must take China.
In a related development, ministration is prepared to do seriously into account the risks Meanwhile, amid the uncer-
the proposal made by Turkey’s on the contentious issues be- involved in the whole operation tainty surrounding the peace
President Recep Tayyip Erdo- tween Ankara and Washington and the possibility of having to prospect in Afghanistan ahead
gan to US President Joe Biden of fast approaching deadline of
last month on the sidelines of US troop’s withdrawal, Taliban
a NATO summit that Turkey spokesperson Suhail Shaheen
could undertake the security of has said Pakistan is welcome to
the Hamid Karzai International help the group arrive at a nego-
Airport in Kabul after NATO’s tiated settlement but it “cannot
withdrawal from Afghanistan dictate to us or impose its views
could be a bargaining chip for on us.”
improving Ankara’s relation- During an interview with Pa-
ship with Washington but given kistan’s Geo News on Sunday,
the resurgence of the Taliban it Shaheen said, “They can help
could turn into a nightmare in us in the peace process but can’t
the long run, unless it is handled dictate to us or impose their
very skillfully and with the ut- views. And this is against inter-
most caution. national principles.”
Ankara’s proposal to secure Over the Taliban’s demand
Kabul’s airport, after the with- for an Islamic Emirate of Af-
drawal of US and NATO troops ghanistan, the spokesperson
from Afghanistan by August 31, Afghan Special Forces are finding it tough to tackle said having an emirate is “a le-
raises questions about the risks the Taliban forces (ANI) gitimate right of the people of
it is prepared to take, what logis- Afghanistan”.

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