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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.

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.

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.

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Afghan election scam a terrifying tragedy

Soldiers photos no stunt – Demon Drinks

NZ soliders banished from Afghanistan for bomb photos

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.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> West should vote with its feet

Big night out for embassy guards

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.

Nose and ears the price for defying the Taleban to vote

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.

Brown's new Taleban tactic

Kabul scare for Kiwi police chief

Afghanistan war 'may take years', Aussies warned

Cricket: Dutch bowled over