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A wounded Afghan policeman is being carried away from the site of an explosion in Kabul (Reuters)

Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed

In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long street battle with police in the heart of Kabul.

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The site of the attack that killed six US soldiers (Reuters)

15 killed in Afghan car bomb

A suicide car bombing tore through a US convoy during rush hour in Kabul killing at least 15 people, including six US military advisers.

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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (file)

US wants to keep 9 Afghanistan bases

The US wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan after US combat troops withdraw in 2014.

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Labour leader Phil Goff (file)

Goff leaks secret army death report

MP Phil Goff may have broken the law by releasing part of a suppressed report into the death of a Kiwi soldier in Afghanistan.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (AAP)

Seven US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Seven US service members were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans in Afghanistan.

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The NAC plane explodes into flames

Plane crash stalls Afghan withdrawal video

Part of the New Zealand Defence Force withdrawal from Afghanistan has been put on hold.

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The Boeing 747-400F explodes on impact

VIDEO: Afghanistan plane crash video

The US Government is sending a team of aviation accident investigators to Afghanistan after an American cargo company's freighter plane crashed.

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Bagram air base (Reuters file)

Afghanistan aircraft crash kills 7

The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the crash, but the US-led coalition said that was false.

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Spring offensive roadside bomb kills 3

Taliban marked the start of the spring Afghan offensive with a roadside bomb blast killing three.

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NATO crash kills 4; spring offensive begins

NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and said it will target military and diplomatic sites with suicide bombers and infiltrate enemy forces to conduct deadly insider attacks.

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An interpreter for the New Zealand troops in Afghanistan has expressed an interest in joining NZ Police

Interpreter dreams of police career

After years interpreting for New Zealand enforcers in Afghanistan, Khodadad Danish wants to become one of them.

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Kiwis injured by friendly fire - inquiry

Two New Zealand soldiers were wounded by "friendly fire" during a battle in Afghanistan, according to reports.

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In the space of just over two weeks, NZ lost five soldiers

Burnham remembers fallen comrades video

Last August the New Zealand Defence Force experienced its most deadly month in years.

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Earthquake survivors work on the rubble of a mud house after it collapsed following the quake (Reuters)

Afghanistan quake kills 33

An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan's east and flash floods in the north have killed at least 33 people.

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Diamond Kazimi

Help interpreters, Govt urged video

An Afghan interpreter who helped NZ troops in Bamiyan wants the Government to offer relocation to more of his countrymen.

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A map showing where the prisoners were taken after their helicopter made an emergency landing (Reuters)

Taliban captures 11 foreigners

The eight Turks and a Russian were captured after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan.

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The Afghan interpreters played an essential role in New Zealand's mission in Bamiyan Province

Afghan interpreters welcomed into NZ video

Thirty Afghan interpreters and their families have touched down in Auckland, six months after they were promised a safe home here.

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(Photo: Briar Marbeck/3 News)

Afghan interpreters start new life in NZ

Afghan interpreters who helped New Zealand forces in Bamyan started a new life this afternoon when they touched down on Kiwi soil.

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Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan yesterday (AAP)

Taliban attacks kill 9 in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar.

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NZ SAS solider Lance Corporal Leon Smith who was killed in combat in Wardak province in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 (AP)

Bravery awards for Afghan servicemen

The SAS soldier who went to the aid of an injured comrade while under a barrage of small arms fire will be posthumously awarded the New Zealand Gallantry Decoration.

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