Exclusive: U.S. officials systematically misled the public about the war in Afghanistan, according to internal documents obtained by The Post.
These are The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war. wapo.st/afghanistan-wa…
These are The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war. wapo.st/afghanistan-wa…
For nearly two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress.
They were not, documents show, and they knew it. wapo.st/afghanistan-wa…
They were not, documents show, and they knew it. wapo.st/afghanistan-wa…
A cache of government interviews and memos reveals that U.S. officials admitted they adopted contradictory strategies and unattainable goals, based on flawed assumptions about a country they didn’t understand. wapo.st/afghanistan-wa…
As part of an ongoing, three-year legal battle, The Post has obtained notes, transcripts and audio recordings from more than 400 government interviews and compiled them into a comprehensive database.
You can view them here: wapo.st/afghanistan-pa…
You can view them here: wapo.st/afghanistan-pa…
In stark language, the documents reveal that people who were directly involved in the war could not shake their doubts about the strategy and mission, even as three U.S. presidents told the American people it was necessary to keep fighting. wapo.st/afghanistan-wa…
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