NZDF has changed it's position on civilian casualties and never explained itself. It has two ministers with different versions. How does any government agency get away with this?
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No easy way out of Afghanistan for SAS
It's looking increasingly as if 2014 will be a false deadline in Afghanistan, with more SAS hand-holding needed for years to come. With the government expected to come under renewed pressure to make a greater commitment, what choice is the PM likely to make?
Read MorePulling the Teeth of the Tiger
Extracting information on military operations in Afghanistan from the New Zealand Defence Force is difficult at the best of times. The Christmas Eve NZSAS raid on the business premises of the Afghan Tiger Group in Kabul last year was not one of NZDF’s best times...
Read MorePulling the Teeth of the Tiger
Extracting information on military operations in Afghanistan from the New Zealand Defence Force is difficult at the best of times. The Christmas Eve NZSAS raid on the business premises of the Afghan Tiger Group in Kabul last year was not one of NZDF’s best times...
Read MoreAfghanistan: Whoa, Johnny,Whoa…
Something happens when politicians put on the steel helmet and flak jacket to join then troops on the battleground in Afghanistan – over there John Key couldn't stop talking. Back home, however, he's keen to keep secrets
Key lifts the SAS veil – a little bit
Afghanistan: time to lift the veil
John Key says his government will review the long-standing convention of secrecy over Special Air Service operations. He needs to lift the veil on much more than that
Afghanistan – The return to secrecy
As Prime Minister John Key confirms the NZSAS is back in
Afghanistan: temperature rising
New Zealand is reviewing its involvement in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai fights for his political life, the US and NATO pour thousands of additional troops onto the battlefield, and Kiwi troops come under fire in Bamiyan
Afghanistan – what is the new govt's strategy?
President Obama is in Europe this week to sell allies on a new strategy for
Green Party wants inquiry into Afghani detainee revelations
Defence minister Phil Goff should apologise for misleading the Foreign Affairs select committee, says the Greens' Keith Locke
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