LEAKED FILES EXPOSE TRUTH OF OCCUPATION

"A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents, Taliban attacks have soared and Nato commanders fear neighbouring Pakistan and Iran are fuelling the insurgency...
The war logs also detail:
• How a secret "black" unit of special forces hunts down Taliban leaders for "kill or capture" without trial.
• How the US covered up evidence that the Taliban have acquired deadly surface-to-air missiles.
• How the coalition is increasingly using deadly Reaper drones to hunt and kill Taliban targets by remote control from a base in Nevada.
• How the Taliban have caused growing carnage with a massive escalation of their roadside bombing campaign, which has killed more than 2,000 civilians to date...
Most of the material, though classified "secret" at the time, is no longer militarily sensitive..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-military-leaks

LEAKED FILES SHOW TALIBAN HAVE STINGERS

"The reports ... shed light on some elements of the war that have been largely hidden from the public eye:
• The Taliban have used portable heat-seeking missiles against allied aircraft, a fact that has not been publicly disclosed by the military. This type of weapon helped the Afghan mujahedeen defeat the Soviet occupation in the 1980s...
The documents... show that the American military made misleading public statements — attributing the downing of a helicopter to conventional weapons instead of heat-seeking missiles.."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26warlogs.html?no_interstitial