The US has condemned as “irresponsible” the leak of 90,000 classified military records, saying their publication could threaten national security.
The documents released by the Wikileaks website include details of killings of Afghan civilians unreported until now.
The records also show Nato concerns that Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency is helping the Taliban in Afghanistan, an accusation Islamabad has denied.
The Pentagon said it might take weeks to ascertain what damage had been done.
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