Turkish Foreign Ministry said it not considering withdrawing any of its staff from Afghanistan, as NATO countries did after two of its advisors in the interior ministry were shot dead, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Turkey, which has the second largest standing army in the alliance, currently has 1,600 soldiers serving in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Unlike other European members of ISAF, Turkey’s mission is limited to patrols and its troops do not take part in combat operations.
Afghanistan’s interior ministry said one of its employees is suspected of shooting dead two U.S. officers. “An employee has been identified as a suspect and he has now fled. The interior ministry is trying to arrest the suspected individual,” it said in a statement.