FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during an action plan meeting to prevent violence against women, in Ankara, Turkey July 1, 2021. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Taliban should "end the occupation of their brothers' soil", and played down a warning from the militant group of consequences if Turkish troops remain in Afghanistan to run Kabul airport.
Speaking to reporters ahead of a visit to northern Cyprus, Erdogan said the Taliban's approach was not the way one Muslim should deal with another.
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