With more air attacks there are bound to me more civilian casualties. Karzai's efforts to restrain NATO forces in the use of air attacks has been useless and unavailing even though such attacks may very well fuel the insurgency and help recruit jihadis.
US approves combat aviation troops for Afghanistan
REUTERSReuters North American News Service
Dec 19, 2008 14:06 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has approved the deployment of a combat aviation brigade to Afghanistan as part of a buildup of forces to counter a growing insurgency, a U.S. military official said Friday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. Army brigade of about 2,800 soldiers, equipped with both attack and transport helicopters, would deploy next year. (Reporting by Andrew Gray; Editing by Kristin Roberts)
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