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.

The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan says footage released by the Defence Force of a firefight shows how well our soldiers are trained.

The Defence Force has issued footage from a chaotic 12-minute battle described as New Zealand's "biggest firefight since Vietnam" after a court of inquiry released its findings on two deadly incidents in Afghanistan that killed five Kiwis.

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.

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

Prime Minister John Key said it was regrettable that two New Zealanders involved in conflict in Afghanistan were injured by friendly fire last year.

Two New Zealand soldiers were injured by friendly fire during a heated battle in which two of their colleagues were killed in Afghanistan last year.

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.

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.

A leaked report has strongly criticised the training given to an army contingent sent to Afghanistan which lost five of its members in combat.

It'll be the last Christmas New Zealand Defence Force troops spend in Afghanistan. Our final rotation of soldiers will return home by the end of April next year.

Prince Harry has killed his first Taliban commander.