Although Turkey is not a participant in the so-called Extended Troika format, Ankara's interest in facilitating the intra-Afghan peace process bring it to the negotiating table, Russia's special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday

The Turkish contingent in Afghanistan will not assume any combat duty other than self-defense, Defense Ministry spokeswoman Pinar Kara said on Thursday

The negotiations on strategic stability between the Russian and the US delegations in Geneva on Wednesday were professional and substantive, State Department spokesman Ned Price said speaking on the results of the meeting

Senior US officials will travel to Brussels on July 29 to brief NATO on the strategic stability talks with Russia, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on, after speaking with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, expressed concern about the security situation in the country, and promised that NATO would continue to support Afghanistan in funding and training