Taliban fighters stand guard inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo / APThe Afghanistan province of Bamyan, where New Zealand troops served for 20 years and where eight Kiwi lives were lost, has fallen to a rampant Taliban. The Taliban took over the province of Bamyan with insurgents hanging a Taliban flag, and an Islamic Republic flag, from the Provincial Governor's Office. "We need New Zealand's firm act by sending a work group to Afghanistan before it's too late," he told the Herald today. "If the Taliban comes to our area, they will slaughter all people who worked for New Zealand PRT.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 15, 2021 08:03 UTC