The SAS "mentoring" role in Kabul amounts to a "substantial combat role", the Government has admitted.

Najibullah Lafraie, a former Afghanistan foreign minister, joins us from 2.30pm today for a live chat om the path to peace.

Former heads of the Defence Force have rejected claims made by Nicky Hager in his latest book that a NZ base in Afghanistan is home to a CIA unit, while new Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae described as "abhorrent", the suggestion that