NZ recently rebuffed a bid by Australia to form an Anzac training unit in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan, John Key has revealed.

New Zealand defence personnel and a Television New Zealand film crew in Afghanistan were involved in a bomb scare while on bomb disposal patrol.

General Stanley McChrystal deserved to be fired as the United States commander in Afghanistan, writes Gwynne Dwyer.

Two words on journalist Michael Hasting's initial pitch to trail Stanley McChrystal appear to have tickled his PR staff's fancy: Rolling Stone.

They called it the "Death Star" because according to one source "you could just reach out with a finger and eliminate" somebody.

President Barack Obama's handling of the "Runaway General" affair was exemplary.

With the appointment of David Petraeus, Obama has sent a clear signal that the US' existing strategy will continue.

Four soldiers, three of them Australian, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

One of Britain's best-known soldiers has mocked claims of post-traumatic stress disorder among the armed forces.

The last of seven new Navy ships will arrive in Auckland tomorrow, at least two years late, and following a troubled maiden voyage from the ship builder's yard in Australia.

With the leadership of Recep Erdogan, Turkey is once more becoming a powerful player in the Middle East.

New Zealand is listed as the world's most peaceful country in the 2010 Global Peace Index.