Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan left Turkey this morning for Afghanistan. The first day of Erdogan's visit will be spent in talks with President Hamid Karzai and former Afghanistan King Muhammed Zahir Shah.

Tomorrow he will meet with the International Security and Aid (ISAF) Forces board. He will also meet with the NATO Afghanistan Civil Representative Hikmet Cetin. PM Erdogan is scheduled to eat lunch with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Union in Afghanistan.