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The New Zealand Defence Force Afghanistan deployment, which has been given an exemption from the COVID-19 lockdown, is en route to the Middle East with twice the amount of troops.
Defence Minister Peeni Henare says due to the developing situation, up to 80 personnel are being deployed - double the amount he said would be sent when the mission was announced on Monday.
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Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they wanted to revive the country's battered economy.
Widespread destruction during a 20-year war between U.S.-backed government forces and the Taliban, the drop in local spending due to departing foreign troops, a tumbling currency and lack of dollars are fuelling economic crisis in the country.
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Read more: Armed Taliban go door-to-door across Afghanistan telling residents to return to work
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As the Taliban tightens its grip on Afghanistan’s capital, there’s concern the group’s rapid takeover may result in a downward spiral for the country’s freedoms despite the organisation claiming to be more moderate.
Fighters met little resistance as they entered Kabul on Monday, quickly taking control of the presidential palace and subsequently, Afghanistan’s seat of power.
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Read more: NZ academic has reservations about Taliban despite its moderate claims
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The search for the source of the Devonport COVID-19 community case has begun after confirmation it's linked to the New South Wales outbreak.
Officials are scrambling to figure out how the man in his 50s caught the coronavirus, when there is no obvious link to managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ), where the Delta variant has been picked up in arrivals at the border.
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Since the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan in July, the Taliban have swiftly taken control of large parts of the country. The president has fled and the government has fallen.
Emboldened by their success, lack of resistance by Afghan forces and minimal international pressure, the Taliban have intensified their violence. For Afghan women, their increasing power is terrifying.
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Read more: The world must not look away as the Taliban sexually enslaves women and girls
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/afghanistan-the-world-must-not-look-away-as-the-taliban-sexually-enslaves-women-and-girls.html
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Supermarket operators' message to panic-buying Kiwis amid the latest COVID-19 lockdown is clear: Stay calm and shop normally - "we're not low on anything at this point"
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Read more: NZ COVID lockdown sparks panic buying at supermarkets once again
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BRITONS are urging the Government to focus on the "CANZUK union", rather than the EU, following reports about how much western European states are paying Brussels.
Germany is paying the EU £16.4bn per year, according to press agency DPA. The figures for France and Italy are also vast, at £8bn and £5.3bn respectively.
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New Zealand can expect to see between 50 to 120 new cases of COVID-19, thanks to the high transmissibility of the Delta variant.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said on Wednesday modelling suggests these numbers are entirely possible.
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Read more: New Zealand could see between 50 to 120 more cases of Delta
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