KABUL got under way in Wellington on Thursday.
Six civilians, including a three-year-old girl, were killed and 15 others injured in three raids by Special Air Service soldiers Tirgiran Valley.
But Operation Burnham was covered up by the New Zealand Defence Force, claimed journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson in their book Hit and Run.
Ex-defence minister Wayne Mapp offered evidence as the inquiry began, Radio New Zealand reported. The ex-minister insisted the New Zealand Defence Force had . . .
