Tag: SAS in Afghanistan

5. KEITH LOCKE (Green) to the Prime Minister: Will he make public any decision for or against the deployment of the New Zealand Special Air Service to Afghanistan as soon as a decision is reached; if not, why not?

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the Government's decision not to send SAS troops back to Afghanistan.

Green MP Keith Locke welcomed evidence that our SAS soldiers have 'rebelled' against the mistreatment of prisoners by American forces in southern Afghanistan.

New Zealand should rebuff British overtures to send a new counter-insurgency combat force to Afghanistan, Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Green Party MP Keith Locke has expressed his sadness at the injury of a New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan, and asked for a reassessment of the SAS role there.

New Zealand human rights record will be further tarnished by the new SAS commitment to Afghanistan to fight alongside US forces, says Green MP Keith Locke.

New Zealand's SAS contingent should be withdrawn from Afghanistan following the American bombing of a wedding party, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

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