Turkish Minister of War Hulusi Akar said that Ankara is ready to provide security for the Kabul airport after the withdrawal of US troops.

Although this issue has yet to be agreed with the Americans and the Kabul government.

The Taliban *, already controlling most of Afghanistan, no one asked - as if they weren't there at all.

Which is understandable: Islamists, fundamentalists, terrorists.

And the fact that they are quite strong (unlike the Kabul government) can be ignored.

The terrorists' opinion is not interesting.

But the Taliban decided to express their own opinion:

“Turkey's decision is rash, it is a violation of our sovereignty, territorial integrity and contrary to national interests.

The Islamic Emirate strongly condemns this step and believes that it will provoke problems between the peoples of Turkey and Afghanistan.

The Taliban * will view the presence of foreign military personnel in any country as an occupation.

If the Turkish military remains in Afghanistan, he will resist them.

And the responsibility for the consequences will be on those who interfere in internal affairs.

We do not interfere in the internal affairs of others and will not allow anyone to interfere with ours. "

That is, directly from the movie "Tractor Drivers": "We do not want an inch of someone else's land, but we will not give up our top either."

The point, of course, is not the rhetoric of the Taliban tractor drivers, but the courage shown by Turkey and Sultan Erdogan personally.

Thirty years ago, after a ten-year international debt, Soviet troops left Afghanistan with nothing.

Now, after twenty years of "Enduring Freedom", allegro udiratto is being performed by the Americans.

Obviously, Erdogan believes that he will do better than the USSR and the United States.

In principle, the aspirations of the pan-Turkist Erdogan are understandable.

The Turkic peoples are considered by him as a potential object of patronage and management.

And in Afghanistan, Uzbeks and Turkmens together make up about 13% of the population.

Behind them, perhaps, Turkish patronage will extend to other peoples.

In addition, it should be borne in mind that Erdogan is a very determined politician.

The long and painful thoughts that took place over the international debt in Moscow in 1979 are completely alien to him.

"Forward!

And woe to Godunov! "

- that's his motto.

Again, Turkey's activity in Syria and Libya did not bring, perhaps, major successes to Ankara, but it did not bring fiasco either.

Why not try it in Afghanistan?

And those considerations that the Americans, with whom he negotiated about the Kabul airport (and, probably, not only the airport), are also in their minds and expect that now Turkish auxiliary forces will carry the chestnuts out of the fire, Erdogan, firstly, can consider untimely ("we have to get involved, and then we'll see"), and secondly, as a great sly, he can count on fooling the Americans.

However, you can fool a political partner (or he will fool you, it also happens), but how to fool geography?

Military bases need communications linking them with the metropolis.

When you look at the map, you can see that Turkey is separated from Afghanistan by an unfriendly Iran.

That is, land communications are excluded, only air communications remain.

The same Kabul airport.

Although if he is the only source of supply, the temptation to cut off this communication can be very strong.

Moreover, Afghans have long loved the Stingers.

If the sabotage is successful, the result will be a Turkish "fortress" Kabul - by analogy with the German "fortress" Stalingrad.

And it won't be fun.

This is not to mention that the air bridge needs an agreement with either Iran or Turkmenistan.

Whether they will give permission for the passage of Turkish transports is unknown.

After all, the previous Afghan campaigns did not have such difficulties.

The British in the 19th century operated from the territory of India.

The USSR directly bordered on Afghanistan.

In 2001, the United States took care of the air corridor and bases on the post-Soviet territory.

Turkey has only "our brave Mehmetchik" (the laudatory nickname of the Turkish soldier).

Good, but not enough.

So Erdogan's eastern campaign is very fortune-telling.

Perhaps, while we are talking only about bazaar trade.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.