army company, plus forty disestablishment specialists, will go to Afghanistan shortly. They will be the last large unit of the New Zealand army sent to Afghanistan before the handover of security in Bamyan to local security forces in 2013. The new company will extend the range of patrols into Baglan province which formerly had been the exclusive manoeuvre zone of Hungarian coalition forces. A Baglan-based Taliban warlord, Abdullah Kulta, who was responsible for planting the roadside bomb that killed the 3 kiwis soldiers on 19 August 2012, has been killed in an airstrike by coalition forces, acting on intelligence gathered by the New Zealand SAS, the New Zealand Prime Minister announced. The Taliban leader had been crossing the border to operate in Bamyan province. Kulta (also spelt Kalta) was also involved in the attack on NZ forces which resulted in the death of Corporal Malone See also Bamyan Province References Hall Richard. A Long Road to Progress. Random House. 2010. External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bamyan Province