Bamiyan was one of the first pilot centres for the Afghan New Beginnings Programme of Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. On 4 July 2004 disarmament began in Bamiyan,[3] and on 15 July 2004 disarmament was continuing in Bamiyan including soldiers from the 34th and 35th Divisions of the then Afghan Army, often referred to as the Afghan Military or Militia Forces.[4]
Commander Crib Rotation 6, then-Colonel Tim Keating, later became Chief of Defence Force, as did then-Group Captain Kevin Short, Commander Crib Rotation 9. Then-Lieutenant Colonel John Boswell, Commander Crib Rotation 16, later became Chief of Army.[1]
Nicky Hager, Other People's Wars: New Zealand in Afghanistan, Iraq and the war on terror; Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, NZ; ISBN978-1-877517-69-3; 2011.
Stephen Hoadley, "The New Zealand PRT experience in Bamiyan Province: Assessing political legitimacy and operational achievements," in Hynek, Nik; Marton, Péter, eds. (2011). Statebuilding in Afghanistan: Multinational Contributions to Reconstruction. Routledge.