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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/jul/26/ied-afghanistan-war-logs" class="link-image "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/7/26/1280141696649/Afghanistan-war-logs-IED--004.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="Afghanistan war logs: IED interactive" class="interactive-mask"/> </a> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/jul/26/ied-afghanistan-war-logs" class="link-text">The interactive: IED attacks</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> 16,000 improvised explosive devices are recorded in the logs. See where and who they hit over those five years </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/ieds-improvised-explosive-device-deaths" class="link-text"> How the IED became Taliban's weapon of choice</a> </li> <li class="bullet interactive last"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-events" class="link-text"> Interactive: key war logs mapped</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="four-col edge"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/jul/25/julian-assange-wikileaks-interview-warlogs" title="Video will start automatically on this page" class="link-image "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/7/27/1280230230292/Julian-Assange-004.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="Julian Assange" class="video-mask"/> </a> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/jul/25/julian-assange-wikileaks-interview-warlogs" title="Video will start automatically on this page" class="link-text">'They show the true nature of this war'</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, explains why he decided to publish thousands of secret US files on the war in Afghanistan </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="inner-wrapper"> <div class="eight-col bg"> <div class="four-col"> <div class="component standalone-header four-col"> <div id="heading2" class="trail trailblock hd"> <h2>About the war logs</h2> </div> </div> <div id="trailblock42" class="news-trails component"> <div class="bd"> <div class="four-col"> <ul> <li class="b3"> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> <strong>This series of reports on the war in Afghanistan is based on the US military's internal logs of the conflict between January 2004 and December 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-explained-video">Read more about the logs and how the Guardian investigated them …</a></strong> </div> </li> <li class="l2"> <div class="video-container "> <script type="text/javascript"> function getOmnitureAccount_221223168001(){ return "guardiangu-news,guardiangu-network"; } function getOmnitureData_221223168001() { var omniture = new Object(); omniture.prop43="Video"; omniture.prop44="Video: How to read the Afghanistan war logs:Video:1430726"; omniture.prop45="Afghanistan: The war logs:Keyword Page:1434824"; omniture.eVar43="Video"; omniture.eVar44="Video: How to read the Afghanistan war logs:Video:1430726"; omniture.eVar45="Afghanistan: The war logs:Keyword Page:1434824"; return omniture; } </script> <script type="text/javascript"> supports_local_storage = function () { try { return 'localStorage' in window && window.localStorage !== null; } catch (e) { return false; } }; mediaPreference = function (pref) { if (pref === 'html' && checkGuardianCodecs()) { localStorage.setItem("mediaPreference", pref); return "You have set your audio/video preference to 'html'. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/2010/jul/25/wikileaks-afghanistan-data" class="link-text">The key incidents</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> More than 300 key reports from the Afghanistan war logs selected by Guardian writers </p> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/2010/jul/25/wikileaks-afghanistan-war-logs-glossary" class="link-text"> War logs glossary – military jargon explained</a> </li> </ul> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> <div id="trailblock4" class=" news four-col component standard-trailblock trailblock"> <div class="hd"> <h2> Further coverage of the war logs </h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/" class="link-text">WikiLeaks</a> </h3> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.nytimes.com/warlogs" class="link-text">New York Times</a> </h3> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.spiegel.de/afghandocuments" class="link-text">Der Spiegel</a> </h3> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> <div id="trailblock-10" class=" news four-col component standard-trailblock trailblock"> <div class="hd"> <h2> Editorial </h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li class="wide-image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-guardian-editorial" class="link-image "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/7/25/1280087883296/US-soldier-in-Afghanistan-004.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="US soldier in Afghanistan"/> </a> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-guardian-editorial" class="link-text">The unvarnished picture</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> <strong>Editorial:</strong> Logs reveals a very different landscape from the one with which we have become familiar </p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-guardian-editorial#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-2tjv4" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="four-col edge override"> <div id="trailblock9" class="pickabletag tag-tag news four-col component standard-trailblock"> <div class=""> <div class="global trail-header"> <div class="hd"> <h2>Latest news</h2> </div> </div> </div> <ul class="tri trail trailblock "> <li class="normal live first odd "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jan/06/wikileaks-julian-assange">The day Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian over the US embassy cables story</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Exclusive inside story of the strained relationship between the WikiLeaks co-founder and The Guardian</p> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jan/06/wikileaks-julian-assange#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-2m7pj" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="normal live edge "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/sep/20/wikileaks-usa">Demonstrators to call for release of soldier in Wikileaks case</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Rallies will be staged in 21 US cities this week calling for the release of Bradley Manning</p> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/sep/20/wikileaks-usa#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-2jnp5" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="normal live odd "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/27/wikileaks-war-logs-free-speech-supreme-court">WikiLeaks war logs posting 'will lead to free speech ruling'</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <p>US supreme court likely to have to rule on issue of balancing national security and freedom of speech, says judge</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal live last"><a class="more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/the-war-logs+tone/news">More news on the Afghanistan war logs</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="trailblock7" class=" news four-col component standard-trailblock trailblock"> <div class="hd"> <h2> The region </h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/pakistan-isi-supporting-taliban-washington" class="link-text">US condemns Pakistan over Taliban</a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/pakistan-isi-supporting-taliban-washington" class="link-image "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/1/28/1264713584899/Taliban-fighters-in-a-Mad-005.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="Taliban fighters in a Madrassa compound near the northern city of Kundoz in Afghanistan."/> </a> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> More than 180 files detail accusations the ISI has supplied, armed and trained insurgents since 2004 </p> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-pakistan-border-taliban" class="link-text">Secret war along the Pakistan border</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Americans caught in middle of flare-ups over disputed colonial boundary </p> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/iran-backing-taliban-alqaida-afghanistan" class="link-text">Iran's covert operations in Afghanistan</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Behind-the-scenes help of the Taliban includes training, medical treatment and bribes </p> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> <div id="trailblock8" class=" news four-col component standard-trailblock trailblock"> <div class="hd"> <h2> The air war </h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-taliban-missile-strike-chinook" class="link-text">US covered up missile strike on Chinook</a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-taliban-missile-strike-chinook" class="link-image "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/7/23/1279890118553/Shadow-of-a-Chinook-on-Ka-002.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="Shadow of a Chinook on Kajaki dam, Helmand, where Taliban shot down a Chinook, killing seven troops"/> </a> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Surface-to-air strike over Helmand shows Taliban had strong anti-aircraft capabilities earlier than previously thought </p> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/reaper-drone-missions-afghanistan-flights" class="link-text">Drones bring remote control death</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Unmanned planes that unleash missiles effective but expensive weapon for US forces and RAF </p> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/taliban-tapped-mobile-phones-afghanistan" class="link-text">Nato feared Taliban could tap phones</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Analysts warned major Afghan network for mobile phones might harbour enemy sympathisers </p> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> <div id="trailblock5" class=" news four-col component standard-trailblock trailblock"> <div class="hd"> <h2> The backstory </h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/wikileaks-war-logs-back-story" class="link-text">Biggest leak in intelligence history</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> From US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how classified papers found their way to online activists </p> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> <div id="trailblock6" class=" news four-col component standard-trailblock trailblock"> <div class="hd"> <h2> The death toll </h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/british-troops-afghan-civilian-shootings" class="link-text">Civilians caught in UK firing line</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> War logs contain accounts of shootings or bombings on at least 21 separate occasions </p> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/british-shootings-afghan-civilians-list" class="link-text"> Full list of the 21 cases</a> </li> </ul> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/friendly-fire-deaths-toll-afghanistan" class="link-text">'Friendly fire' deaths that plagued invasion from the start</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> British soldiers both perpetrators and victims in cases of deadly confusion among allies </p> </li>  <li> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/green-on-green-afghan-war-logs" class="link-text">'Green on green' – clashes between Afghan police and troops</a> </h3> <p class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> </span> Bad blood, corruption and poor discipline have led to the security forces rounding on each other </p> </li>  </ul> </div>  </div> 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