Mother of soldier says she wishes NZ troops were brought home before her son died in 2012.

Ten years in Afghanistan and the only review into the mission was shelved.

For three years the NZ Defence Force resisted releasing the report.

COMMENT: Nicky Hager's book Hit & Run points to compelling evidence of civilians dying.

United Nations report appears to back claims SAS troops killed civilians in Afghani raid.

NZSAS soldier says civilians were killed after faulty US intelligence.

The Iraqis' progress has been remarkable, Brigadier Hugh McAslan tells.

One of the most damning claims in Nicky Hager's new book has been confirmed.

COMMENT: Whether Nicky Hager's new book scores the required hits is yet to be determined.

Labour, Greens and NZ First want an inquiry into claims made in a new book.

Claim from NZDF there were no civilian casualties at odds with Minister's comment in 2014.

Sources quoted by the Hit & Run authors blamed bad intelligence.

A notorious Taliban commander behind the killing of NZ soldiers in Afghanistan has died in a shootout with Afghani security forces.

The family of the helicopter pilot killed while fighting the Port Hills' fires have given him a final gift.

The wife of the pilot and war hero killed when his helicopter crashed as he fought the Port Hills fires is "amazed" by the support for her family.

Kiwis dig deep to support family of helicopter pilot killed fighting Christchurch's Port Hills fire.

A RAF pilot flying nearly 200 service personnel to Afghanistan is facing two counts of perjury and making a false record after a mid-flight incident.

A former child bride has had her ears hacked off by her husband after he accused her of speaking to other men.

Despite its distance from world trouble spots, New Zealand has a valuable role to play, says Bill English.

Abdurrashid Dostum has long been infamous for his cruelty but now his latest victim has accused him of imprisoning him, beating him and ordering him raped.

New Zealand's offer to resettle 150 refugees from Australia remains on the table, the Government says, despite a new offer by the

She was immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl. Her life has taken yet another a tragic turn.

Thousands of US servicemen have been told to pay back enlistment bonuses, a decade after signing up for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gunmen opened fire on Shiite worshipers at a shrine in the Afghan capital, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 40 others

Watch NZH Focus: A Kiwi face transplant surgeon has lead his team in transplanting two donor arms to a retired marine who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully to attend a major conference hosted by Afghanistan just a fortnight after criticising its leadership as "dysfunctional."

Afghanistan has shot back at New Zealand after Foreign Affairs Minister made stinging remarks about its government at the United Nations Security Council.

Gunmen stormed the offices of an international charity and suicide bombers set off twin blasts in a shopping area near the Defense Ministry in a chaotic 24 hours.

When police stopped a van travelling across central Afghanistan to the city of Herat, they were really surprised: it was full of Western tourists.

Islamic State has suffered a blow after the leader of the group's Afghanistan and Pakistan branches was killed in a US drone strike, the Pentagon says.