Afghanistan
Battle ends hours after blasts near ministry kill 35 in Kabul
After 11 hours, Afghan security forces have shot dead the last attackers who struck after a suicide bombing in central Kabul.
Thirteen dead in Kabul university raid
Thirteen people, including seven students, died in an attack by gunmen on the American University in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say.
Nadia Hashimi: Afghan stories
Kathryn Ryan speaks to the bestselling author Nadia Hashimi, the US born and raised daughter of Afghani migrants who left their home country in the 1970s. Growing up she watched a steady stream of… Audio
IS claims attack against Afghan protesters
Afghanistan is observing a day of national mourning following an attack on a protest march in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed 80 people and wounded 230.
NZ troops to stay in Afghanistan until 2018
New Zealand troops will spend another two years in Afghanistan helping to train local soldiers.
Many dead, scores injured in Kabul blast
At least 27 people have been killed and 40 wounded when suicide bombers attacked buses carrying newly graduated police cadets, officials say.
Taliban claims deadly attack on minibus
A Taliban suicide bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded eight in an attack on a minibus in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Soldiers turned entrepreneurs
VetImpact is a non-profit helping American war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan to start businesses in the countries they once fought in. Nine to Noon speaks to it's founder, Nick Kesler, and a… Audio
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami: freeing a refugee rapper
Kim Hill talks to Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami who is presenting her feature-length documentary Sonita, about an Afghani refugee girl who wants to be a rapper, at the 11th International… Audio
Fiery explosion in Afghanistan kills 73
More than 70 people have been killed in Afghanistan after two buses and a fuel tanker have collided in a fiery crash. Audio
Explosion sparks beginning of Taliban's "fighting season"
A suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, has sparked the start of what's being called the Taliban's killing season. Audio
Taliban claims deadly Kabul suicide blast
At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: Andrew Johnston
Gregory O'Brien discusses the new collection of poetry by Andrew Johnston, Fits & Starts. Audio
Marilyn Garson - Promoting business from Hokianga to Gaza
Marilyn Garson arrived in New Zealand from Canada 30 years ago and settled in the Hokianga where she worked as a weaver, a business coach and trainer. Taking those business skills overseas to work in… Audio
Andrew O'Hagan: war, Afghanistan, Assange
Contributing editor for the London Review of Books, and ghostwriter of Julian Assange's abandoned memoir. Two of his books have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize, his new novel is The… Audio
Wins for Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in T20 qualifying
Afghanistan and Zimbabwe reaped the benefit of some tight death bowling to both register wins and boost their prospects of making the World Twenty20 main draw.
Liz Sime: women and children first
Recent retiree from the position of Director of International Operations, and Vice President at Marie Stopes International, after working for 15 years around the world for international humanitarian… Audio
Suicide attack follows major Taliban assault
A suicide bomber has killed at least one person and wounded 13 near Kabul Airport, two weeks after a major Taliban assault in the Afghan capital.
Taliban insurgency is intensifying in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgency is intensifying in Afghanistan as British troops are deployed to save the strategically important town of Sangin from being overrun by the Taliban. Audio
Afghanistan's 'mother of education' shares her vision
Education activist, Dr Sakena Yacoobi is the executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), an Afghan women-led NGO she founded in 1995. After the Taliban closed girls' schools in the… Video, Audio, Gallery
