Over the weekend, The New York Times, the British newspaper The Guardian and the German magazine Der Spiegel were provided access to leaked government records describing a bleak war in Afghanistan as the Taliban team with Pakistan’s secret intelligent office to conduct coordinated attacks on American soldiers.
“We know that serious challenges lie ahead, but if Afghanistan is permitted to slide backwards, we will again face a threat from violent extremist groups like Al Qaeda who will have more space to plot and train,” said a statement released by the White House, almost sounding similar to George W. Bush.
The reports describe the U.S. military grappling with sabotage and trickery, which has been every bit as potent as small arms, mortars and suicide bombers.
The leaked report comes as 52 civilians died in a NATO strike.
“They have ruined us, and they have killed small children and innocent women,” Mohammed Usman told The New York Times, who was trying to help the mangled bodies of 17 children and 7 women from the rubble. “God will never forget them.”
