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Afghanistan war costs top $300m
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 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.
Former Afghan interpreters who have worked with the New Zealand-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in the last two years will be offered refuge here under a widened assistance package, the Government has announced.
A senior Taliban leader thought to be behind a roadside bombing in which three New Zealand soldiers died has reportedly been killed by coalition forces.
The Defence Force has rejected claims SAS troops have been sent to Afghanistan to carry out a revenge attack over the deaths of five New Zealand soldiers in August.
John Key has denied a report that SAS troops have been re-deployed to Afghanistan to carry out a "revenge mission" for the killings of five New Zealand soldiers.
Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman is home from the Middle East and has confirmed NZ will offer asylum to 23 Afghan interpreters working with Kiwi soldiers.
Up to 26 Afghan interpreters will be given asylum in New Zealand when Kiwi troops withdraw from Bamiyan next April.
The family of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan have opted for a full military funeral and burial in New Zealand.
Labour is calling on the Government to offer Afghan interpreters who served alongside Kiwi troops a chance to resettle in New Zealand.
A new fundraising trust has been set up to help families of New Zealand soldiers wounded or killed in Afghanistan.
A helmet-mounted camera has captured the moment a US soldier was shot during a fire fight in Afghanistan.
Report highlights increasing use of 'double-tap' tactics which are terrorising an entire population with death from the skies.