Turkey offers troops to help US attacks

Turkey said this morning it would contribute 90 special force troops to assist the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

Turkey said this morning it would contribute 90 special force troops to assist the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

Turkey is NATO's only Muslim member state.

"Our government has decided to task a special forces unit of around 90 members for the mission (for Afghanistan)," the government said in a written statement issued after a cabinet meeting.

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