Afghan War Diary leak

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The Afghan War Diary leak was a major 2010 disclosure by WikiLeaks of over 75,000 classified U.S. military documents detailing the war in Afghanistan, exposing civilian casualties, covert operations, and alleged war crimes.

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instanceOf United States military document leak
document leak
whistleblowing event
alsoKnownAs Afghan War Diary leak
surface form: Afghan War Logs

Afghan War Diary leak
surface form: Afghanistan War Logs
concernsConflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
containsInformationOn Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) activities
Taliban attacks
alleged war crimes
civilian casualties
covert operations
drone strikes
friendly fire incidents
special forces operations
countryInvolved Afghanistan
United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy Barack Obama presidency
surface form: Barack Obama administration

Department of Defense
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

United States government
describedAs one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history at the time
disclosedBy WikiLeaks
documentType SIGACTS (Significant Activity) reports
classified U.S. military field reports
editorInChiefAtTimeOfPublication Julian Assange
format digital documents
impact increased scrutiny of U.S. conduct in Afghanistan
raised concerns about protection of military informants
sparked global debate on transparency and national security
language English
leakedBy Chelsea Manning
legalConsequenceForSource United States v. Chelsea Manning
surface form: court-martial of Chelsea Manning
mediaPartners Der Spiegel
The Guardian
The New York Times
numberOfDocuments approximately 91,000
over 75,000
publicationDate 2010-07-25
publisher WikiLeaks
relatedTo Iraq War Logs leak
U.S. diplomatic cables leak
surface form: United States diplomatic cables leak
sourceOccupation U.S. Army intelligence analyst
subjectOf U.S. criminal investigation into WikiLeaks
timePeriodCoveredEnd 2010
timePeriodCoveredStart 2004
topic civilian protection in war
freedom of information
laws of armed conflict
whistleblower protection
year 2010

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United States v. Chelsea Manning relatedTo Afghan War Diary leak
United States v. Julian Assange relatesTo Afghan War Diary leak
this entity surface form: Afghanistan war logs leak
WikiLeaks notableWork Afghan War Diary leak
this entity surface form: Afghan War Diary
Afghan War Diary leak alsoKnownAs Afghan War Diary leak
this entity surface form: Afghan War Logs
Afghan War Diary leak alsoKnownAs Afghan War Diary leak
this entity surface form: Afghanistan War Logs
U.S. diplomatic cables leak relatedEvent Afghan War Diary leak
this entity surface form: Afghan War documents leak