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

The Government has been secretly sending intelligence operatives to take part in the war in Afghanistan.

A photo of NZ soldiers posing next to a bomb with a message to Taliban fighters could have lethal repercussions for their colleagues.

Kiwi soldiers have been caught on camera posing beside a 2000-pound bomb, with the message, "Dear Taleban, enjoy this" on it.

A man was beaten and his nose and ears were slashed off for voting in defiance of the Taliban in Afghanistan's recent elections.

Millions of Afghan women will be denied their chance to vote in presidential elections this week because there are not enough female officials to staff the women-only polling stations, The Independent is reporting.