Prime Minister John Key is not ruling out future SAS deployments to Afghanistan after the death of a Kiwi soldier.

The family of Corporal Doug "Dougie" Grant, named this morning as the New Zealand SAS soldier killed in a Taleban attack in Afghanistan on Friday, had achieved his boyhood dream to serve with the elite unit.

Prime Minister John Key says he accepts full responsibility for the deployment of New Zealand troops in Afghanistan but he sees no need to end their service early after the death of an SAS soldier yesterday.

A New Zealand SAS soldier died on the way to hospital in Afghanistan last night after being shot in the chest after a group of suicide attackers stormed a British compound in the capital, Kabul.

Jim Eagles makes a sentimental journey to Crete on the 70th anniversary of the famous battle in which his father fought.

Social worker's digging led to apologies from British, Australian Governments.