[...] One of the reasons Labour and the Greens were moved to demand an inquiry into the New Zealand-led military operation of 21 August 2010 which took place in Tirgiran Valley, Afghanistan, was the widespread publication of a single image. In their book, Hit & Run Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson reproduced the photograph of a tiny, 3-year-old girl called “Fatima”. According to the authors, Fatima had been killed in the New Zealand-led attack on her village.

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Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in New...