A New Zealand SAS soldier died on the way to hospital in Afghanistan last night after being shot in the chest after a group of suicide attackers stormed a British compound in the capital, Kabul.

Family members want accountability over the death of Byron Solomon on the HMNZS Canterbury, ruled preventable by a coroner. The 22-year-old was the first Navy sailor to die in active duty in 37 years when he drowned in 2007.

A navy commander downed glass after glass of white wine and embarrassed....