NZ soldiers in controversial intelligence-gathering programme in AfghanistanTOBY LONGBOTTOM & PHIL JOHNSON/S New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan took part in a controversial biometric data programme, The Valley has revealed. New Zealand soldiers helped collect biometric data for a controversial programme the public was never told about. The revelation comes in the Stuff Circuit documentary series The Valley, which exposes that New Zealand soldiers were involved in the intelligence-gathering programme that the public never knew about. Jones justified the biometric data collection as being integral for identifying known or suspected insurgents. He said Afghans knew the New Zealand soldiers' role in Afghanistan was as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team.

Source: Stuff August 22, 2017 02:34 UTC