Afghanistan
The Panel with Amy Adams and Allan Blackman (Part 1)
Panellists Amy Adams and Allan Blackman discuss the Taliban announcing a new all-male Government, insurance funding for the events industry, and Zoom calls making some people more self-conscious than… Audio
Taliban claim control of Panjshir, opposition says resistance will continue
The Taliban have claimed victory in the last part of Afghanistan still holding out against their rule, declaring the capture of the Panjshir Valley completed their takeover.
'This is a humanitarian crisis. New Zealand has the capacity to accommodate more' - Afghans in Aotearoa
Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Zahra Hussaini and Mahsheed Mahjor both originally from Kabul and now live in Christchurch - how has the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan affected the lives of their… Audio
'This is a humanitarian crisis. New Zealand has the capacity to accommodate more' - Afghans in Aotearoa
Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Zahra Hussaini and Mahsheed Mahjor both originally from Kabul and now live in Christchurch - how has the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan affected the lives of their…
AudioCharlotte Bellis: Taliban government inclusiveness "symbolic"
New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis has been on the ground in Kabul this week as Afghanistan recorded its first official day under Taliban rule in nearly two decades amid unconfirmed reports of… Audio
UK ponders relations with Taliban, nappy wars, Geronimo executed
UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to look at the questions the government faces over its commitments to Afghan civilians that worked with British soldiers during the 20-year war and whether it… Audio
Twenty years in Afghanistan: immense damage over 'a little revenge'
Analysis: Tallying the balance of good and bad done in the Afghanistan War leaves Tim Watkin wondering at the immense damage and ongoing effects that have resulted from the US's retaliation for the…
Getting Aid to Afghanistan
We chat to Mike Seawright, Founder & Executive Director or ReliefAid who in response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, have commenced aid operations in Kabul and Bamyan Province… Audio
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Joe Biden says evacuations of US citizens and allies from Afghanistan will continue, despite the attack this week in Kabul that has killed 13 American soldiers and many others. Ron also reports on the… Audio
Charlotte Bellis: 'I'll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can'
New Zealand Al Jazeera journalist Charlotte Bellis had been visiting Kabul Airport -- the only way in and out of Afghanistan at the moment -- this week, as locals and foreign nationals alike tried to… Video, Audio
Why coins will continue to stand the test of time
In his new book, When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics, Professor Frank L. Holt investigates the history of money in the form of coinage and the discipline that studies it, highlighting… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Mike Williams and Linda Clark
Among other topics this morning, our panellists will be discussing the current Covid-19 lockdown situation in New Zealand, the dangerous Delta variant, the need for saliva testing, virtual Parliament… Audio
Afghanistan crisis: 'NZ has a moral obligation' to stay involved
The government is being urged to push for the safe passage of anyone who is eligible to get out of Afghanistan but is stranded there, now the Taliban have taken control.
Hundreds in Afghanistan may not get to New Zealand
More than 500 people in Afghanistan eligible to come to New Zealand may be left to their own fate as the overnight bombing at Kabul Airport puts an end to further Defence Force evacuation flights.
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'Hundreds' left behind in Kabul evacuaiton - Defence Minister
"We are not giving up on bringing those who need to come home, home" Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday, as NZ was forced to abandoned its mercy mission in Afghanistan.
Speaking to Checkpoi… Video, Audio
Foreign Minister discusses Afghanistan's security situation
Two decades of a US-led war in Afghanistan appears to have left the country, and its security, in tatters. Explosions rocked the capital Kabul this morning killing more than 60 people, including 13 US… Audio
Afghani man who resuced NZer 'left to die'
An Afghani man who saved a New Zealander's life - and even named his daughter after Jacinda Ardern -has been left to die as the Taliban encircle his home. Wellington man Dwayne Wilkins says he's tried… Audio
USA correspondent Kelsey Snell
Kelsey covers off the criticism directed at President Joe Biden over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as evacuations continue, and a resurgence in Covid as America's school year begins. Kelsey Snell… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Lavina Good and Louis Houlbrooke
Among other topics this morning, our Weekend Panellists will be discussing the current lockdown, how successful our vaccine rollout has been, the All Blacks decision to back out of the Bledisloe Cup… Audio
Women journalists fear for their lives as Taliban takes over
*Aadila is a 20-something journalist who runs a news room in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. However, Afghanistan's female journalists, have had much to fear from the Taliban's surge. She joins the… Audio