Category : News
Author: Hannah Kronast

A shocking new video has emerged appearing to show a group of heavily armed Taliban soldiers surrounding an Afghan television presenter as he says "the Afghan people should not to be afraid".

Afghan-born Australian BBC journalist Yalda Hakim shared the footage from Afghan TV network Peace Studio on Monday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/watch-armed-taliban-soldiers-surround-afghan-tv-host-in-shocking-video.html
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Category : News
Author: NZDF

The safe passage of hundreds of evacuees from Afghanistan was made possible by an elite group of New Zealand soldiers who used code words and tactical landmarks to assist their efforts in an attempt to avoid chaotic and dangerous scenes.

Members of the New Zealand Army, deployed as part of the New Zealand Defence Force’s Operation Kōkako, were on the ground at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul to help evacuate New Zealand nationals, their families and visa holders earlier this month.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/news/new-zealand-armys-role-in-evacuation-mission-involved-bravery-on-both-sides/
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Category : Defence
Author: Patricia A. O'Brien

Seventy years after the U.S., Australia and New Zealand signed a treaty committing them to defend one another and work together to ensure a peaceful Pacific, the alliance has assumed new and crucial relevance as all three countries face economic, political and diplomatic challenges from China.

The ANZUS Treaty, named with the initials of the three countries, emerged in 1951 from the nations’ shared history and became an important element of post-World War II international relations. Now, as the Pacific region is ominously poised on the brink of war, the alliance is again a key part of international relations and power struggles.

Article: https://theconversation.com/anzus-at-70-together-for-decades-us-australia-new-zealand-now-face-different-challenges-from-china-163546
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Category : Defence
Author: Robert Ayson

A literal reading of the treaty suggests that ANZUS is a triangle. According to the all-important fourth article, each one of the three parties ‘recognizes that an armed attack in the Pacific Area on any of the Parties would be dangerous to its own peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes’.

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/anzus-at-70-anzus-and-new-zealand/
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Author: Reuters & Mike Kilpatrick

Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official has said, the latest in a series of setbacks.

"Superficial fissures have been found in some places on the Zarya module," Vladimir Solovyov, chief engineer of rocket and space corporation Energia, told RIA news agency. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/08/cracks-discovered-in-international-space-station-set-to-widen-over-time.html
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Category : News
Author: Hannah Kronast

An Afghan interpreter who worked for the New Zealand Defence Force has issued a desperate plea to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for help after he said he and other translators were promised seats on an evacuation flight which never eventuated.

Ardern said she understands that not everyone they wanted to get out was able to, but assured them they are working with partners on how New Zealand will continue to support those that "didn't get home".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/afghan-interpreter-who-worked-for-nz-defence-force-issues-desperate-plea-for-help-to-jacinda-ardern.html
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Author: Reuters

The United States on Monday said it had completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan following a chaotic airlift nearly 20 years after it had invaded the country in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks on America.

More than 122,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since August 14, the day before the Taliban - which harbored the al Qaeda militant group blamed for the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington - regained control of the country.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/last-united-states-forces-complete-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-after-almost-20-years.html
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Category : News
Author: Damian George

An Afghan national who helped New Zealand forces and is now on the Taliban’s hit list has reportedly escaped to temporary safety with his wife and 3-month-old daughter.

Shaib Mohammad provided personal security for engineers in Afghanistan working for the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, a military deployment sent to support stability and reconstruction efforts.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126221853/new-zealand-ally-wanted-by-taliban-reportedly-escapes-with-family-and-flees-30-kilometres-on-foot
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