Militants in Pakistan's most populous province are said to be training for what they expect will be an ethnic-based civil war in neighbouring Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw in 16 months, according to analysts and a senior militant.

An Afghan man who spent years risking his life translating for New Zealand troops in Afghanistan is reportedly finding it hard to get a job in his new home.

Willie Apiata has paid tribute to his mother, calling her a hero who kept the family together through difficult times.

War in all its terror is becoming ever more visible. Helmet cameras and the like enable commanders to watch the fighting from the other side of the world and inevitably, the footage finds its way into the public eye.

War and uncertainty have left their mark on Kabul, but there is hope, writes Peter Feeney.

Details of a Defence Force inquiry into fatal attacks in Afghanistan have been released this afternoon, along with footage of one of the incidents.

The Defence Force will today present the findings of a Court of Inquiry into two incidents which resulted in the deaths of five New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan last year.

A criminal inquiry has started into a firefight in which two New Zealand soldiers were killed in Afghanistan last year.

When the US charged into Afghanistan in 2001 in hot pursuit of Al Qaeda, analysts sought deeper explanations for the Bush Administration's foray into the nation that humbled British and Russian arms.

Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told what happened to her family in pre-dawn darkness on March 11 last year.

Kyrgyzstan's emergencies minister says the bodies of two American crew members have been found after a US military refuelling plane crashed in rugged mountains

Last Sunday morning Matt McCarten was on TVNZ as a Q+A panelist.

Thirty Afghan interpreters and their families arrived to start new lives in New Zealand today.

The last Kiwi troops to arrive home from Afghanistan have been given a hero's welcome tonight.

The New Zealand-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), which has been central to providing security and development in Bamiyan for the past 10 years, will leave for good by the end of this month.

For Chuck and Yardley, the explosive-sniffing dogs of Bamiyan, nothing could be more fun than discovering a bomb on the side of the road.

New Zealand's Governor-General Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae and Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman were among a group of dignitaries who met Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.

The war in Afghanistan has cost the New Zealand taxpayer about $300 million, the Defence Force says, as our final contingent of troops prepares to withdraw later this month.

The first time I encountered Hazara was in Kabul in 2008. I had placed my life in the hands of Khalib, an Afghan translator.

Twenty-seven New Zealand troops will stay on in Afghanistan for about a year following the withdrawal of the NZ Provincial Reconstruction Team, Prime Minister John Key has announced.

Army chiefs and the Defence Minister have hit back at claims that ill-prepared soldiers were sent into combat in Afghanistan.