Fewer than half of a group of 37 Afghans New Zealand have promised to evacuate have reached Kabul. Most are hiding in the mountainous Bamiyan province.
The victim was terrified : Woman made armed attacker a cup of tea Tue, 20 Jul 2021, 11:41AM
A woman made her attacker a cup of tea in an attempt to calm him down after she woke to the former army major pointing a military-style rifle at her. (Photo / Ross Setford) The victim was terrified : Woman made armed attacker a cup of tea Tue, 20 Jul 2021, 11:41AM
A woman made her attacker a cup of tea in an attempt to calm him down after she woke to the former army major pointing a military-style rifle at her.
Former New Zealand Army major George Robert Tweedy, 60, yesterday received his first-strike warning under the three strikes legislation when he appeared by audiovisual link from Invercargill Prison before Judge Russell Walker in the Queenstown District Court.
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As the winter snow slowly retreated from the hills and villages of Bamiyan province in Afghanistan, a re-energised force stepped once more into the light. Like the rest of the country’s population, the people of this central province with an enduring link to Aotearoa have a wary eye out for the re-emergence of the Taliban. Memories of the tyranny they wrought are still fresh, and the thought of what part they may play in the country’s future is terrifying.
Afghan interpreter who volunteered with Kiwi troops: NZ is leaving me to face death
6 minutes to read An Afghan interpreter who volunteered at an NZDF base and now fears for his life, with the Taliban threatening to behead him for his work with infidels , has failed in his latest bid for residency in New Zealand.
With the final Kiwi troops pulling out of Afghanistan over the next few weeks, a terrified Nowroz Ali says if he is killed, the New Zealand Government will have blood on its hands.
Kiwi and American soldiers remember Ali as a smiling, trusted face.
He volunteered to help at the front gate of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZ PRT) base in Afghanistan s Bamiyan Province in 2010.