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Ahmet Davutoğlu has described bilateral relations between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Turkey as "exemplary" even if the two countries do not border, but are close. Afghanistan was the second nation to recognize the Republic of Turkey, after the Soviet Union, on 1 March 1923. [1]
In May that year three Turkmen guards were killed by an armed group crossing the border from Ghormach District, Afghanistan. [9] [10] In October 2015, several Taliban fighters were chased onto an island in the Amu Darya by Afghan forces, forcing Turkmenistan's border security to prevent them entering their territory.
Afghanistan, [e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [g] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
Lapis Lazuli is an international transit route opened in 2018 linking Afghanistan to Turkey via Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. [1] [2]The name “Lapis Lazuli” is derived from the historic route that Afghanistan's lapis lazuli and other semiprecious stones were exported along, over 2,000 years ago, to the Caucasus, Russia, the Balkans, Europe, and North Africa along the ancient Silk Road.
Afghanistan was the second country to recognize the Republic of Turkey on 1 March 1923, after the Soviet Union, establishing diplomatic contacts whilst the Turkish War of Independence was still being waged. Talks held in Moscow on 1 March 1921 resulted in the Turkey-Afghanistan Alliance Agreement and a period of intense cooperation.
Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) on the central border with Afghanistan Gilgit Baltistan Scouts on the northeastern border with China and part of the Line of Control with Indian Kashmir Pakistan Coast Guards is a mainly land-based patrol force on the southern coast
Turkmenistan shares a long border with Afghanistan, a principal producer of heroin and opium. ... Turkey was the first state to recognize Turkmenistan on October 27 ...
The contemporary borders of the nations of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan are the products of The Great Game in Central Asia between the British and Russian Empires. [2] As a result, the two countries have some cultural ties, with Afghanistan having 1.2 million Turkmen, [3] the third largest Turkmen population behind Iran and Turkmenistan.