New Zealand's first combat death in Afghanistan is not a reason to withdraw our troops from the country, Prime Minister John Key says.
The Defence Force announced this morning that a New Zealand soldier serving with the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team
had been killed during a routine patrol in Bamyan Province.
Two other soldiers and an interpreter were injured.
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New Zealand soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan. Photo / Patrick Gower
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