New Zealand rotates troops in Iraq, sends nearly 100 soldiers

Almost 100 forces from New Zealand left for Iraq to train local troops as part of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS), New Zealand’s Sun Live reported on Thursday.

The coalition’s Task Group Taji in Iraq, made of military advisers from Australia and New Zealand, has so far trained thousands of Iraqi soldiers and federal police forces. The number of security officers undergoing training with the two nations is expected to reach 34,000 by the end of April.