U.S. President Barack Obama is looking for help in Afghanistan from Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as tensions simmer between the NATO allies on Iran and the Middle East.
Before leaving to the U.S. on Sunday, however, Erdogan said Turkey has already contributed the "necessary number" of troops.
Turkey took over the rotating command of the NATO peacekeeping operation in Kabul last month and doubled its number of troops to around 1,750.
Erdogan said Turkish military and police are ready to train their Afghan counterparts, and will press ahead with health, education and infrastructure projects there.
Turkey's …
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