Ankara : Infantry troops from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey Friday conducted a joint exercise in Turkey to improve warfare tactics in residential areas.
Turkey has been training Afghan security forces in Turkey and in Kabul.Turkey Army’s Staff Colonel Burhan Hasirci told the Anatolia news agency that the drill on Friday at an infantry school in Tuzla, on the outskirts of Istanbul, was designed to improve "co-ordination between forces of the three countries."Turkey has trained thousands of troops in Afghanistan since 2001. Several hundred Afghans have attended Turkish war colleges or anti-terrorism courses.
