KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- The Turkish Armed Forces donated more than $3 million in weapons and equipment to the Afghan National Army during a ceremony at Camp Dogan on Monday, NATO said on Tuesday.

Afghan National Army deputy minister for logistics affairs, Lt. Gen. Baz Muhammed Javhari, thanked Turkey for the donation, which included mortars, machine guns, sewing machines, boots and travel bags, and expressed his desire for the friendship between the two nations to continue.

Since 2003, according to NATO, Turkey has donated more than $71 million in weapons and equipment to the Afghan Army. In addition, Turkish military personnel have trained more than 1,200 Afghan soldiers

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