US defence department officials have reportedly asked to stop buying Russian MI-17 helicopters for Afghan forces and instead to buy American helicopters.
In addition, a number of senators also reportedly asked why the U.S should use American taxpayers’ money to pay Russia for the hardware when it was backing Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria.
“In the face of Russia’s attempts to undermine our foreign policy goals in the Middle East and its continuing aggression in Ukraine, it is a time that the United States ends its reliance on Russian-made helicopters for operations in Afghanistan,” said US congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.
However, it is believed …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
