Any ideas who these guys are — SEALs, Delta Force, SAS?

Non-Afghan soldiers leave after taking part in a military operation against Taliban militants that attacked the Intercontinental hotel in Kabul on June 29, 2011. Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the hotel sparking a five-hour battle with Afghan comandos backed by a NATO helicopter in an assault that left at least 10 people dead. (AFP/Getty Images)

Update: After much debate, we now know these guys are NZ SAS operators.

(Stuff) — Two Kiwi special forces soldiers injured in a Kabul hotel firefight were there as mentors, but were drawn in to play a “crucial part” in securing the building, says Prime Minister John Key.

Photos taken outside the InterContinental Hotel in the Afghan capital yesterday show New Zealand Special Air Service soldiers walking away after a suicide attack that killed at least 10 people.

Mr Key said from Mumbai yesterday that he was told of the SAS involvement only late yesterday afternoon. A handful of Kiwi troops were there initially in a mentoring role, he said, but had been engaged when there was a sudden escalation.

Two soldiers then entered the fray, playing a “crucial part” in making the building safe.

Note: I swapped the original pic for a new one with their faces blurred out.