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ormer Prime Minister Helen Clark, who sent troops to Afghanistan in 2001, says a “massive intelligence failure” led New Zealand and allied governments to completely underestimate the Taliban’s strength.
The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on Sunday, bringing to an end a two-decade effort by the United States and a consortium of allies, including New Zealand, to build a prosperous democratic nation.
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New Zealand is sending in the Defence Force to help dozens of Kiwis and Afghan allies stranded in Afghanistan escape following the Taliban's rapid takeover of capital city Kabul.
At her post-Cabinet press conference from the Beehive on Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government was aware of 53 Kiwis who are still there and seeking to get out, with plans now underway to repatriate them.
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The territory controlled by the crumbling Afghan government shrank to little more than Kabul on Sunday as the Taliban took the key eastern city of Jalalabad without a fight, while the United States sent more troops to help evacuate its civilians.
The fall of the last major city outside the capital secured for the insurgents the roads connecting Afghanistan to Pakistan, a western official said.
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Read more: Afghan government crumbles as Taliban seize another key city, only capital left
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The dark side of the world’s fashion addiction. Many of our old clothes, donated to charities, end up in rotting textile mountains in West Africa. This is a story about how our waste is creating an environmental disaster.
Have you ever thought about what happens to your old clothes after you drop them off at the op shop? It might be time to start, because these goodwill gestures are helping to fuel an environmental catastrophe on the other side of the world.
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Read more: The Environmental Disaster that is Fuelled by Used Clothes and Fast Fashion
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Taliban insurgents have seized Afghanistan's second- and third-biggest cities as resistance from government forces crumbled, stoking fears that an assault on the capital Kabul could be just days away.
A government official confirmed that Kandahar, the economic hub of the south, was under Taliban control as international forces complete their withdrawal after 20 years of war.
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Read more: Attack on Kabul perhaps just days away as Taliban capture key cities
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The Department of Defence has confirmed that it is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing two New Zealand navy ships to be used for fisheries protection duties in the Irish Sea.
The understands that the ships are 'Lake Class' 55 m (180ft) inshore patrol vessels.
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Read more: Irish Department of Defence looking to buy New Zealand naval ships
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A critically ill Niuean MP has been flown to New Zealand at the request of its government.
They were flown by the Royal New Zealand Air Force on Thursday after a medical emergency prompted the evacuation.
According to TV Niue, the patient is MP Richard Hipa.
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Read more: Critically ill Niuean MP flown to New Zealand following medical emergency
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OPINION: Can you trust this Government to do what they say they'll do?
On Thursday, there was wall-to-wall coverage of an announcement by the Prime Minister.
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Read more: New Zealand's the loser at the back of vaccine rollout
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