The Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan doesn’t mean New Zealand’s deployment of troops has gone to waste, an army veteran says. Chris McKeen/Stuff New Zealand army veteran Kane Te Tai. Despite that, Te Tai said the time he and many others spent in Afghanistan was not a waste and they did the job they set out to do. The overall objective at the beginning had been to find Osama bin Laden, Te Tai said, but it ended up becoming more of a “human story”. Watching the current situation unfold was a strange environment for Kiwi veterans to be in, Te Tai said.

Source: Stuff August 16, 2021 17:00 UTC