OpinionJohn Armstrong: Two discordant messages in PM's security speechThe Prime Minister's landmark speech on national security has two messages for New Zealanders, but they are somewhat discordant.05 Nov 02:33 AM
New ZealandKey to sketch Isis responseJohn Key says any NZ commitment to the campaign against Isis in the Middle East would be for a long time, pointing to the 10-year deployment of troops to Bamiyan.03 Nov 04:00 PM
WorldBrits lower Union flag after 13 yearsThere were reasons for optimism on that February day, eight years ago, that Britain's Helmand force would not suffer the same fate as the French in Vietnam27 Oct 04:00 PM
SportCricket: Coaching on the front lineOne of the first things Andy Moles wanted to be assured about before he took the job of Afghanistan's new head coach was what the Taliban thought about cricket.13 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldFreed soldier refuses to talk to familySergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier held captive by the Taliban for almost five years, isn't emotionally prepared to reunite with his family.09 Jun 09:45 PM
WorldOcean of dirt' came down on Afghan villageThe spring rainy season had already brought death and destruction to northern Afghanistan.04 May 05:30 PM
World'Bin Laden hugged me over bomb plot'The star witness in the trial of a radical Islamic cleric has described how he received a hug from Osama bin Laden after he was given instructions for a "shoe bomb" plot.29 Apr 05:24 AM
WorldAfghans campaign Western styleWith just days left in Afghanistan's presidential campaign, Abdullah Abdullah arrives in Kandahar for one of his last rallies before the election.03 Apr 03:15 PM
WorldUK sniper kills six with one bulletA British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded.01 Apr 04:24 AM
New ZealandKiwi escapes fierce attack in AfghanistanAid worker Nicola Rounce - a project manager who has lived in some of the world's most dangerous places - has escaped a murderous attack in Afghanistan.22 Mar 03:15 PM
New ZealandKiwi safe after attackA New Zealand woman is safe and unharmed after an attack by gunmen on a Kabul hotel, despite initial reports she had been killed.21 Mar 06:23 AM
New ZealandAfghan's bid for asylum rejectedAn Afghan who claimed he had been kidnapped and tortured by members of the Taliban after working as an interpreter for Kiwi troops has been denied asylum in New Zealand.07 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandNZDF interpreter abducted by TalibanAn Afghan interpreter vying for New Zealand citizenship has narrowly escaped execution by the Taliban.25 Feb 10:48 PM
New ZealandRescue of Kiwis earns high praiseA Kiwi soldier wounded by friendly fire in Afghanistan has paid tribute to a US Air Force search and rescue crew after they received one of the US military's highest honours.15 Feb 04:30 PM
WorldAtheist secures UK asylum on religious groundsAn Afghan man is understood to have become the first atheist ever to secure asylum in Britain on religious grounds.14 Jan 03:04 AM
WorldGirl pleads: 'Put me in a good place'A young girl found wearing a suicide vest in Afghanistan has spoken about how her family "treated her like a slave" and tried to make her blow up a police checkpoint.13 Jan 08:15 PM
WorldGirl, 10, captured with suicide vestA 10-year-old Afghan girl has been apprehended while trying to carry out a suicide bombing attack against local police.06 Jan 10:08 PM
WorldBomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talksA suicide car bomber tore through the Afghan capital, just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced US and Afghan negotiators had agreed on a draft deal allowing US troops to remain in the country beyond a 2014 deadline.16 Nov 10:37 PM
New ZealandSAS link to war payoutThe Defence Force paid US$1,000 to the families of two elite Afghan soldiers who were killed while the SAS was mentoring them.16 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandSlain soldier honoured for braveryThe mother of an SAS soldier honoured for his bravery in Afghanistan says nothing will compensate for his death but he "wouldn't have had it any other way".05 Nov 02:34 AM
New ZealandLaptop may have sparked shootingAn argument over a laptop is emerging as the incident which sparked the shooting of a New Zealand soldier in Afghanistan.27 Oct 11:34 PM
New ZealandKiwi soldier woundedThe exchange of gunfire that injured a New Zealand soldier in Afghanistan involved three rounds being fired towards the Kiwi from a lone Afghan soldier.27 Oct 02:22 AM
New ZealandClose call for Chris Carter in KabulFormer Labour MP Chris Carter says he was lucky to escape possible death after a suicide car bomb exploded metres away from his Afghanistan home.20 Oct 07:28 PM
New ZealandOne woman's Afghan missionSafe and sedate, Dunedin is a stark contrast to Afghanistan, where driving to work is risk and walking alone even more dangerous.25 Sep 09:09 PM
WorldPakistan militants prepare for war in AfghanistanMilitants 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.07 Sep 10:57 PM
New ZealandAfghan interpreter struggles to find job in NZAn 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.28 Aug 11:53 PM
New ZealandWillie Apiata: My hero is my motherWillie Apiata has paid tribute to his mother, calling her a hero who kept the family together through difficult times.22 Aug 05:05 AM
