John Key's decision to attend the funerals of three Air Force servicemen has been criticised as "short-sighted and irresponsible".

NZ SAS troops took part in an operation in Kabul that saw a terror cell busted and a quarter tonne of explosives seized, John Key told media during his secret visit to Afghanistan.

Wearing body armour and a helmet, Prime Minister John Key has spent the past three days in war-torn Afghanistan on a top-secret visit to NZ troops.

Thailand's Cabinet is due to hold an emergency meeting in the face of unrelenting anti-government street protests.

Prince William sends his condolences to the Defence Force after the Anzac Day crash.

John Key spent half an hour in Wellington Hospital with the only survivor of the Anzac Day Iroquois crash on the eve of the funeral for his three colleagues.

The Air Force crewmen killed in an Anzac Day crash were farewelled at a full military funeral in Ohakea this afternoon.

Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.

The survivor of a crash that killed three colleagues is having difficulty comprehending his fate, his uncle said.

An Australian sailor has been robbed of his service medals during a night out with navy mates over Anzac weekend.

The father of one of three Air Force crewmen killed in the Anzac Day Iroquois crash said his son "died doing the thing he loved."

About 160 Defence Force personnel will miss the military funeral for their colleagues killed in the Anzac Day helicopter crash.