Afghanistan - History - Invasions
[Afghanistan's lessons] 26 July 2009
Date: 2009
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
Reference: DCDL-0013303
Description: Shows John Key as a New Zealand mounted soldier. Next to him are three helmets (Macedonian/Greek, British, Russian) on poles. Refers to the various invasions and wars in Afghanistan and to the deployment of New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick 1941- :RETURN OF THE INVADERS. 22 October 2012
Date: 2012
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0025351
Description: A cinema features a large sign advertising 'Return of the Invaders'. Text at the bottom of the cartoon refers to a man's enquiry at the box office: "No - it's a doco on the history of Afghanistan - countless confused intruders eventually throwing in the towel and heading home." Refers to the ongoing war in Afghanistan and may refer to the announcement in September 2013 that New Zealand troops would withdraw from that country by April 2014. May also refer to media rumours in October 2013 that the United States was not preparing to withdraw troops in the foreseeable future. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Best we forget
Date: 26 April 2021
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
By: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-
Reference: DCDL-0040265
Description: Digital cartoon by Guy Body on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Cartoon show a depiction of Uncle Sam with his head down, dragging a military gun behind him, and walking away from hills that have just been bombed by military planes flying overhead. In the foreground is a stone inscribed with the words “Best we forget”. The cartoon is accompanied with the words “The Afghanistan Cenotaph … “ Title taken from item Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).