A US Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment
A former US Marine, now journalist recalls one of the harrowing memories of war.
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Investigation: No ISIS militants in US drone strike that killed civilians
New York Times: The US claimed the strike targeted jihadi fighters.
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
At-risk Afghans are still stranded in their homeland with the Taliban now in charge.
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last
9/11 meant a chance to reshape the post-Cold War world. The US squandered it.
President Biden labelled 'dictator' over vaccination demands
Joe Biden has seen his popularity plummet as Covid-19 Delta fills intensive care units.
US holds crunch talks after Kabul falls - but NZ snubbed?
National's foreign affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee asks why NZ was not invited.
My terrifying face-to-face encounter with a Taliban assassin
Journalist tells of meeting with a veteran fighter on the locked-down streets of Kandahar.
Aid workers staying in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan tread a tricky path
New York Times: Aid groups are being tested as never before.
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Shock images show Taliban's brutality
Graphic images of Taliban attacks on journalists in Afghanistan have been shared.
Taliban forms all-male government for Afghanistan
Interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani is on the FBI's most-wanted list with a $5m bounty.
Editorial: Scars from 9/11 have only grown
Editorial: Bush's 'war on terror' was an open-end escalation framed in religious rhetoric.
Marianne Elliott: When we work together, some problems stop being so big
Service has always been a significant part of Marianne Elliott's life.
Taliban accused of executing pregnant former cop in front of family
Banu Negar was murdered after militants stormed her home.
Threats and fear cause Afghan women's protections to vanish overnight
New York Times: As the Taliban advanced, safe houses for women closed.
Escape from Kabul; Most NZDF crew back in NZ after 'chaotic' evacuation
The majority of Defence Force staff have now returned to New Zealand.
Flights resume from Kabul but Taliban ground evacuees
At least four planes chartered by evacuees have remained grounded for days.
White House keeping Kamala Harris from Afghanistan crisis 'to stop contamination'
New figures show Joe Biden's popularity plummeting over handling of Afghan withdrawal.
Afghanistan 'likely to erupt in civil war'
General fears terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda or Isis could surge in power struggle.
Taliban fire weapons into air celebrating and kill two
Soldiers fired into the air in the middle of Kabul to celebrate gains on the battlefield.
Osama bin Laden's best friend: 'How is it possible this boy turned into a monster?'
Two decades after 9/11, Khaled Batarfi talks about the boy he knew.
Afghan translator has grave fears for family hiding from Taliban
Dozens of decision-ready visa applications prompt legal action by Afghans in the Waikato
Qatar says it's not clear when Kabul airport will reopen
The country is in talks with other world powers to enable the airport to resume flights.
After quick victory, Taliban find governing is harder
New York Times: Taliban officials have been left scrambling since the fall of Kabul.
'It looked apocalyptic': US air crew describes Afghan departure
The Air Force's 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron recall the final evacuation.
Matt Robson: The lesson of Afghanistan
OPINION: Matt Robson writes in response to Josie Pagani's call for action on Afghanistan.
US considers unlikely alliance with Taliban against ISIS
The relationship amid the Kabul evacuation was 'businesslike', one US general says.
Effort under way to rescue girls' football team from Afghanistan
An initial attempt to evacuate the team was thwarted by an airport suicide bombing.
Pivoting from insurgence to governance: Taliban to name supreme Afghan leader
New York Times: The Islamist movement is preparing to name a new, theocratic government.
Kabul mercy mission: Two NZDF personnel test positive for Covid-19
Pair in isolation at UAE military base.
Kabul falls: Could private contractors extract NZ's interpreters left behind?
Extraction teams could get people across land borders.
Chilling sound of 'house-to-house executions' in Kabul, sex slaves, forced marriages
The US handed the Taliban a list of Afghans to set free. Instead, it became a kill list.
'Don't forget me, I'm very scared': Biden betrays the man who saved him
Biden was saved by a brave Afghan interpreter. He was left behind and is now in hiding.
No women ministers in new Taliban government
Squads are reportedly searching for female members of now dissolved Afghan parliament.