Please find link below to the two background papers that have been prepared by Crown agencies for Public Hearing 1.
They are:
1. Background paper from Crown Agencies on the Government’s decisions to deploy NZ forces into Afghanistan
2. An overview of Afghanistan, NZ’s relationship with the Afghanistan Government, international response to 9/11, summary of security situation – prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Please find the papers here:
https://operationburnham.inquiry.govt.nz/information/public-hearings/