Attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 24 people, including Australian and US soldiers.

A New Zealand SAS soldier has died after being shot in the head in an ongoing assault on a group of insurgents in Afghanistan. The soldier was killed while supporting an assault on an insurgent team in the Afghan capital Kabul.

At least nine people were killed and 23 injured in four Taleban attacks on Kabul's diplomatic district overnight, with NZ SAS troops "mentoring" Afghanistan's Crisis Response Unit. A NZ Defence Force spokesman said the attack was complex...

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Reports there were delays in deploying troops during the attack in which Corporal Doug Grant was killed are being examined by the Defence Force.

A review of the operation in which an SAS soldier died on Friday night in Afghanistan will be held to see what can be learned, the Defence Force says.

The SAS trooper killed in Afghanistan is a married father of two, the Herald on Sunday has been told.