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The Chief of Army tells officers the nine killed in the NZSAS raised were armed.

EDITORIAL: Defence HQ should expect to report to the public on missions like Afghanistan.

COMMENT: Nicky Hager's book Hit & Run points to compelling evidence of civilians dying.

United Nations report appears to back claims SAS troops killed civilians in Afghani raid.

NZSAS soldier says civilians were killed after faulty US intelligence.

One of the most damning claims in Nicky Hager's new book has been confirmed.

COMMENT: Whether Nicky Hager's new book scores the required hits is yet to be determined.

Credible sources are emerging to confirm civilians were killed during raid in Afghanistan.

Wayne Mapp and former governor of Bamyan province both confirm civilian deaths.

Labour, Greens and NZ First want an inquiry into claims made in a new book.

Claim from NZDF there were no civilian casualties at odds with Minister's comment in 2014.

While cordons on the Port Hills have been relaxed, Civil Defence says non-residents are still banned from the area

Hero chopper pilot Steve Askin was a man who valued serving others, father Paul says.

The family of the helicopter pilot killed while fighting the Port Hills' fires have given him a final gift.

The wife of the pilot and war hero killed when his helicopter crashed as he fought the Port Hills fires is "amazed" by the support for her family.

Kiwis dig deep to support family of helicopter pilot killed fighting Christchurch's Port Hills fire.

Kingi Ihaka, who died in Auckland on Tuesday morning, has returned to Te Kao, where he was born in 1942. He is remembered as a distinguished

Four men in four years have stepped off civvy street into the elite NZ Special Air Service after completing its gruelling selection course.

Our intelligence agencies are so secretive that most of the stories we find out about are by accident.

Vector Arena was transformed into boxing central last night as 10,000 fight fans packed the stands to watch Joseph Parker try to create history.

A former soldier who defrauded people out of thousands of pounds by pretending to be a decorated war veteran with cancer has been jailed for 16 months.

Gerry Brownlee says the Iraqis are taking the lead and that is how is should stay.

There is a danger that this conflict will draw us ever deeper into a quagmire, writes Gehan Gunasekar. There is a danger of escalation should the current proxy conflict spill into conflict between the great powers involved themselves.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot took part in the dedication for the Australian Memorial at the Pukeahu National War Memorial, saying the Anzac links forged a century ago continue.

Passions over the announced deployment of a New Zealand training mission to Iraq spilled over in Parliament again yesterday.

The quality of New Zealand's training contribution to the Iraqi armed forces would be a welcome addition to the fight against Isis (Islamic State), Iraq's ambassador to New Zealand, Mouayed Saleh, said last night.

John Key has admitted that though any Kiwi troops sent to Iraq would be "behind the wire", they'd still face significant risk from attack by Isis supporters posing as soldiers.

Defence Force staff have begun training for potential deployment to Iraq to support the fight against Islamic State (Isis), Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has confirmed.