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PM reveals SAS role in busting terror cell
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.
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PM's secret sortie
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.
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VC hero returns from the war ... business class
Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.
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Kiwi SAS troops under fire
NZ's elite SAS troops have been involved in another firefight in Afghanistan, and once again press photographers have captured them in action.
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SAS in Afghanistan gun fight, says John Key
John Key has revealed that 15 New Zealand SAS troops in Afghanistan were involved in a gun fight with "insurgents" on Friday.
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SAS blew up missile site, foiled bombs
The blanket secrecy over SAS operations has been ditched, with the Defence Force revealing that elite troopers recently helped capture bomb-makers in Kabul.
![Government to reveal details of SAS deployments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Government to reveal details of SAS deployments
The Government to reveal details of SAS deployments overseas after row over photos in Herald and other media.
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Key defends naming of Apiata
Prime Minister John Key yesterday defended his decision to reveal the identity of SAS soldier Willie Apiata
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John Key defends naming Willie Apiata
Prime Minister John Key stands by his decision to reveal that one of the SAS soldiers in a controversial photograph this week was Victoria Cross winner Corporal Willie Apiata.
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PM says soldier in SAS photo is Willie Apiata
John Key identifies one of the SAS soldiers in a photo published today as Victoria Cross winner Corporal Willie Apiata.
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NZ sending enough troops, says new US Ambassador
The US will not ask New Zealand to send more troops to Afghanistan as part of Barack Obama's final surge, its new ambassador to Wellington says.
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Obama orders final Afghan push
Barack Obama has announced he will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan despite growing pessimism about the war.
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Clinton plans goodwill visit to NZ
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit New Zealand early next year.