Will the Afghanistan leaks affect security?

U.S. Marine in Afghanistan
A U.S. Marine helps provide security as a U.S. Army flight medic with Task Force Pegasus evacuates two Marine casualties from the battlefield, in Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

The leak of 91,000 classified U.S. records on the Afghanistan war by Wikileaks.org is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures in military history. The documents include information about Afghan civilians killed by accident and U.S. officials' fury at alleged Pakistani intelligence cooperation with militants. The BBC's "World Have Your Say" considers the implications of this leak.

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