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Bamiyan will be ready for 2014 handover - McCully

Murray McCully says Afghanistan's Bamiyan Province, where NZ troops have been since 2003, will be ready to stand on its own before Hamid Karzai's 2014 deadline.

Fromelles diggers laid to rest

Ninety-four years to the day after they were killed and buried anonymously in one of the first world war's bloodiest battles, 250 Australian and British soldiers have finally been laid to rest with the recognition they deserve.

Kabul meeting to lay ground for 2014 deadline

The strategy sits for now on a table in a locked-down Afghan capital: Hand over security in all 34 provinces to the government by the end of 2014.

Suicide bomber beats Kabul security

West to set down 2014 exit strategy

'Afghan troops need better vetting and better conditions'

Brigadier Richard Felton points to the maps on the wall of his office in Lashkar Gah, dotted with markers for impending military operations over the long, hot, Afghan fighting season.

Seeking out the enemy in night-time forays

Aussie with his mind on hostile matters

Gurkhas killed by 'enemy within'

The three Gurkhas who died stood no chance. Two - believed to be British nationals - died in the operations room when it came under attack by a rocket-propelled grenade.