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The investigation: leak exposes real war
US intelligence records reveal civilian killings, 'friendly fire' deaths and shadowy special forces -
The interactive: IED attacks
16,000 improvised explosive devices are recorded in the logs. See where and who they hit over those five years -
'They show the true nature of this war'
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, explains why he decided to publish thousands of secret US files on the war in Afghanistan
About the war logs
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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. Read more about the logs and how the Guardian investigated them …
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How to read the logs
David Leigh explains what is in the logs and how the Guardian is using them
Explore the war logs
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The key incidents
More than 300 key reports from the Afghanistan war logs selected by Guardian writers
Editorial
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The unvarnished picture
Editorial: Logs reveals a very different landscape from the one with which we have become familiar
Latest comment
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John Keenan: The public is not interested in sifting through data. So without the analysis of journalists, the WikiLeaks logs may have died unread
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Chris Elliott: The readers' editor on... the moral and legal implications of publishing the war logs
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Further coverage of the war logs
Latest news
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Rallies will be staged in 21 US cities this week calling for the release of Bradley Manning
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US supreme court likely to have to rule on issue of balancing national security and freedom of speech, says judge
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Press freedom group accuses WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of 'incredible irresponsibility' over leaked Afghanistan documents. By Haroon Siddique
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The backstory
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Biggest leak in intelligence history
From US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how classified papers found their way to online activists
The death toll
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Civilians caught in UK firing line
War logs contain accounts of shootings or bombings on at least 21 separate occasions
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'Friendly fire' deaths that plagued invasion from the start
British soldiers both perpetrators and victims in cases of deadly confusion among allies
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'Green on green' – clashes between Afghan police and troops
Bad blood, corruption and poor discipline have led to the security forces rounding on each other
The region
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US condemns Pakistan over Taliban
More than 180 files detail accusations the ISI has supplied, armed and trained insurgents since 2004
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Secret war along the Pakistan border
Americans caught in middle of flare-ups over disputed colonial boundary
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Iran's covert operations in Afghanistan
Behind-the-scenes help of the Taliban includes training, medical treatment and bribes
The air war
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US covered up missile strike on Chinook
Surface-to-air strike over Helmand shows Taliban had strong anti-aircraft capabilities earlier than previously thought
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Drones bring remote control death
Unmanned planes that unleash missiles effective but expensive weapon for US forces and RAF
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Nato feared Taliban could tap phones
Analysts warned major Afghan network for mobile phones might harbour enemy sympathisers
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