Afghanistan

The US Army has ordered the court-martial of a soldier, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a Taliban prisoner for five years. Audio

The US military's found a whole series of human errors led to it shelling an Afghan hospital killing at least 30 patients and doctors - but Medecins San Frontieres is demanding to see its full report.

For almost ten years, U.S Special Forces working in Afghanistan were working blind, unable to gather intelligence from the largest group of citizens in the country, women. When soldiers raided… Audio

Thousands of people have marched through the streets of Kabul. They've been protesting about the recent abduction and killing of seven civilians from the Hazara ethnic minority in Afghanistan. Audio

This week's pundit takes us back a hundred years into the world of New Zealand's first armed conflict with Mujahideen, Islamic militants fighting with a jihadist motivation, and the Senussi Campaign… Audio

Lyttleton's Lionel Newbury on his late 70's Moto Guzzi tour where he got on his bike and and just rode... no plan, no backup and not near enough money, from the UK "You go east because it's cheaper… Audio

Medecins Sans Frontiere says US authorities ignored urgent pleas for bombing to stop against an unarmed hospital in Afghanistan. Audio

The Pakistani army and aid workers are still trying to get to the more remote areas damaged in Monday's major earthquake in neighbouring Afghanistan. Angela Kearney is in Pakistan for UNICEF. Audio

Back to the earthquake in Afghanistan. More than 350 are known to have died, thousands are injured after Monday's 7.5 tremor Audio

The death toll from last night's 7.5 earthquake that struck Pakistan and Afghanistan is expected to rise, with rescuers yet to reach many remote areas. Audio

At least 2-hundred people have been killed and hundreds injured in a powerful earthquake which has struck north-eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Audio

The US president Barack Obama has announced US forces will remain in Afghanistan at their current levels throughout much of 2016. Our Washington, D.C. correspondent is Simon Marks. Audio

Puppets are more than simply child's play, according to Jim Richards and Bridgette Murphy who work with community groups, schools and organisations around New Zealand making giant puppets and other… Audio

The American President Barack Obama has phoned the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières to apologize for the accidental killing of 22 people in a US airstrike in Afghanistan. Audio