Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Afghanistan yesterday.
Erdogan met Ghani, his first vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, and his former poll rival Abdullah Abdullah, who took the new role of “chief executive”.
The two leaders later appeared in a joint press conference after signing an agreement on closer bilateral relationship between the two countries.
President Ashraf Ghani awarded Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Afghanistan´s “highest civil medal” describing Turkey as “an example of peace and stability in the world of Islam”.
During his one-day tour Erdogan was also visit Turkish troops based in Afghanistan as part of the NATO contingent based in that country.