Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad said Turkey does not plan to send more troops to Afghanistan. "We have currently around 1700-1800 troops there and we do not have plan to send more," he said, reported Turkish news agencies.

Turkey will assume command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from November 1, 2009.