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NZ won't increase troops to Afghanistan - McCully
A US warning the Afghanistan war could be lost unless more soldiers are sent in won't persuade the NZ Government to send more troops, our Foreign Minister says.
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Afghan war on Key's summit list
Afghanistan will be on the agenda when Prime Minister John Key meets United Nations and Nato leaders in New York this week.
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Key: It wasn't easy sending SAS into danger
John Key says he is well aware of the danger New Zealand's Special Air Service (SAS) troops face in Afghanistan.
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Bin Laden appeals to Obama to end war
Osama bin Laden has allegedly said in a new audiotape that President Obama's Afghanistan strategy is "hopeless" and has called on the US to end the Afghanistan war and break its alliance with Israel.
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Behind enemy lines
Crack SAS troops are back on the ground in Kandahar, and New Zealand’s regular forces are preparing to return to Bamyan. David Fisher discovers the increasing threats they face in the world’s most dangerous nation
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NZ agents join secret war in Afghanistan
The Government has been secretly sending intelligence operatives to take part in the war in Afghanistan.
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NZ soldiers Taliban bomb pose 'stupid stunt'
A photo of NZ soldiers posing next to a bomb with a message to Taliban fighters could have lethal repercussions for their colleagues.
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Soldiers' emailed photo drops a bomb
Kiwi soldiers have been caught on camera posing beside a 2000-pound bomb, with the message, "Dear Taleban, enjoy this" on it.
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Voters mutilated for voting against Taliban wishes
A man was beaten and his nose and ears were slashed off for voting in defiance of the Taliban in Afghanistan's recent elections.