Release of Afghan war documents

The web site WikiLeaks, which posted the docs late Sunday, supplied them ahead of time to the New York Occasions, the Guardian newspaper in London and the German magazine Der Spiegel, and journalists from individuals organizations asked the White Property for comment. The Los Angeles Occasions and other Tribune newspapers have not thoroughly reviewed the documents nor verified their authenticity.

Matching to the New York Occasions, the papers, which it received several weeks ago, refer to previously unreported incidents of Afghan civilian deaths in the NATO military operations.

The paperwork also appear to consist of classified cables and other communications among military leaders, and describe in detail long-documented U.S. fears that some intelligence officials in Pakistan had been really helping the Taliban in Afghanistan, even as the U.S. poured foreign aid into each nations.

Matching to the New York Occasions, the papers as a full advise that Pakistan has let representatives of its intelligence agency strategize with the Taliban and even plot to assassinate Afghan leaders.

Of particular note is that the paperwork reportedly say the Taliban has acquired surface-to-air missiles. If accurate, that could support explain latest crashes of NATO and U.S. helicopters in Afghanistan and could have a significant effect on ground operations.

The paperwork posted by WikiLeaks reportedly cover the period from January 2004 to December 2009, shortly just before Obama announced a strategy of focusing on Al Qaeda and Taliban havens in the semiautonomous region of Pakistan along the Afghan border.

"Some of the disconcerting issues noted are exactly why the president ordered a 3-month policy review and a alter in method," stated a single administration official, who couldn't confirm that the docs had been authentic but mentioned that at least some accounts align with info given Obama and his staff last summer.

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