The fate of the Turkish plan to keep troops in Afghanistan is currently uncertain. The Taliban movement has said that it will treat any foreign troops in the country as invaders and warned Turkey that it would face consequences if it fulfilled the plan.
Opposition parties in Turkey had criticized the government's plans, saying such a mission would put Turkish soldiers at risk and calling for their immediate withdrawal amid the uptick in violence.
CHP Spokesperson Faik Oztrak said on Sunday that the government shouldn't "make our soldiers confront the Taliban" and "stab our nation behind the back."
Previously, CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said, "We won't sacrifice our soldiers in places where others run away without looking back."
Turkey, which has 600 troops in Afghanistan, had offered to keep them in Kabul to guard and operate the airport after other NATO members pulled out, and was discussing details with Washington and the government of President Ashraf Ghani.
The plans were thrown into disarray over the past two days after Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Taliban swept in to Kabul and thousands of Afghans, also hoping to escape, thronged the airport on Monday.
The Taliban had also warned Turkey against keeping soldiers in Afghanistan to run the airport - warnings which Ankara had dismissed before the Islamist militants surged towards the capital.
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