Turkey's intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, visited Kabul and Kandahar, and met with Taliban leaders including Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Barder, Defense Minister Mullah Yacob and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.

Turkey's intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, visited Kabul and Kandahar, and met with Taliban leaders including Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Barder, Defense Minister Mullah Yacob and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.

The discussions dealt with deepening the security and intelligence cooperation of Turkey-Afghanistan, the US/Israel-Iran war, counter-terrorism, human trafficking and drug trafficking.