New Zealand Defence Force Support to Afghanistan for Evacuation Operations
This publication provides documents on Cabinet’s August 2021 decisions for the NZDF to assist international efforts to extract nationals and approved Afghan citizens.
The document contains the following files.
- note to Ministers: New Zealand Government Approach to Requests for Resettlement Assistance from Afghan Nationals 6 August 2021
- Aide Memoire: Possible Request for New Zealand Assistance with Afghanistan Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations 13 August 2021
- Cabinet minute: Additional Item: Possible Request for the New Zealand Defence Force to Provide Support in Afghanistan for Evacuation Operations [CAB-21-MIN-0323] 16 August 2021
- Cabinet minute: Oral Item: Afghanistan [CMG-21-MIN-0001] 16 August 2021
- Aide Memoire: Defence Options for New Zealand Assistance with Afghanistan Non-Combatant Evacuations 16 August 2021
- Ministerial submission: New Zealand Defence Force Deployment to Support Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations in Afghanistan 18 August 2021
- Aide Memoire: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Assisted Departures and Legal Criteria Submissions 24 August 2021
- Ministerial submission: Transition of New Zealand Defence Force Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations From Afghanistan (Operation KŌKAKO) 30 August 2021
- Briefing for the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee hearing on the briefing on the Governments response to recent events in Afghanistan 31 August 2021
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