Afghan News Roundup for July 2013 is compiled by Elayne Jude for Great North News Service
Ironic icon, torturers released, Safi & Safi reinvented, slap gets lethal
Afghan Air Force for the Chop ?
At the 2013 Paris Air Show, Russia announced the Kamov company's Ka-52 Alligator's readiness for export.
The Alligator can handle "hot-and-high" operating conditions. "Kamov-52 was conceived when Russian experience of combat operations in Afghanistan were quite alive," said the chopper's chief designer, Sergey Mikheev.