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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Defence Force's (NZDF) ability to respond to a major disaster has been significantly compromised, mainly due to its security role at managed isolation hotels.
Top-ranking officials have warned that with more than 1000 troops at any one time staffing MIQ and quarantine, or preparing to go, it would not be able to respond at the same scale and speed as in the past.
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The Ministry of Health has been forced to assure New Zealanders there is no merit to rumours circulating that the country is about to head into a COVID-19 lockdown.
In a late-night post to Facebook on Thursday, the ministry stated Healthline was "reporting many rumours relating to COVID-19 and lockdowns circulating".
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