The Defence Force on Thursday said it has issued a request for tenders for the clearing of firing ranges used by the army's Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan. SUPPLIED Children killed by ordnance that has been connected to New Zealand's firing ranges in Afghanistan. The Defence Force said it worked to clear the ranges of unexploded ordnance before leaving Afghanistan in April 2013. ROSA WOODS/STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in November ordered the Defence Force to urgently clear its former firing ranges in Afghanistan. On Thursday, the Defence Force said a tender document was issued on January 31.

Source: Stuff February 13, 2020 03:33 UTC