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Offline TomSea

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US military stops releasing Afghanistan war information
« on: May 01, 2019, 05:48:22 pm »
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US military stops releasing Afghanistan war information
By ROBERT BURNS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a battlefield stalemate in Afghanistan , the U.S. military has stopped releasing information often cited to measure progress in America’s longest war, calling it of little value in fighting the Taliban insurgency.

The move fits a trend of less information being released about the war in recent years, often at the insistence of the Afghan government, which had previously stopped the U.S. military from disclosing the number of Afghans killed in battle as well as overall attrition within the Afghan army.

The latest clampdown also aligns with President Donald Trump’s complaint that the U.S. gives away too much war information, although there is no evidence that this had any influence on the latest decision.

Read more at: https://www.apnews.com/253f6e2504ad4c72aed8a2d0499a673e
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Re: US military stops releasing Afghanistan war information
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2019, 05:56:00 pm »
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