NZ civilians may help out in Afghanistan more - Audio

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:58

The Government will consider offering Afghanistan more civilian mentoring in areas such as agriculture when it makes decisions about troop movements. - read full story »

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Phil

07 Aug 2009 11:55a.m.

Sending civilians is so much preferred - from a political point of view at least. If a soldier is killed the government will be held accountable, but if a civilian is killed it will be "an unfortunate event". It is just so much easier for the politicians, which is the most important thing after all.