development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer. or unless i'm now joined by r.t. donovan a studio thanks for coming in can you tell us why are they classifying the areas controlled by the taliban well in the first and foremost this is not the only thing that i classifying that they are concealing also the have been casualties of the number of afghan soldiers killed and trained by the american forces is being concealed as well and i mean the territory under the control of both the pentagon of both the afghan forces and of the taliban respectively is the key indicator of how well were not so well this war has been fairing for washington and the american troops have been for like almost twenty years now and this is a war that has been going on to world for the united states and this is something that the admitted themselves as early as last year for example here's how the u.s. secretary of defense characterized the situation. and

development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer. of more details on this i'm joined in the studio by ecostar enough thanks for coming in eagle why are they classifying the areas controlled by the taliban while making first and foremost it's not just the areas controlled by the taliban what the pentagon apparently is withholding is just the general breakdown of districts and populations controlled both by the taliban and the army this is probably the most distinctive way of telling how well the war has been goal has been going on it has been going on for more than for almost twenty years right now and it for the for the united states has not been fairing too well have a listen to understand the urgently understand it's my responsibility we're not winning in afghanistan right now and we will correct. correct this well the favorite tool of correction in washington's case is bombs in twenty seventeen alone the pentagon has dropped s

development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer. we can get some more details on this now i'm joined in the studio by r.t. . thanks for coming in why are they classifying the areas contested by the taliban well nikki the united states military have been in afghanistan for like almost twenty years now and the war they've been waging there has not been fairing very world to say the least i mean and it's not just my words it's the words of the united states military as early as last year their defense secretary admitted that this is the war that they're having a hard time with and listen to understand the urgent understand it's my responsibility we're not winning in afghanistan right now. so there you have it this is the war we are not winning right now and this is despite all the efforts the united states has been taking you know to defeat the taliban i mean only in twenty seventeen alone they carried out some forty three hundred

development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer. instructions are coming from the pentagon and they are given to the special inspector for general afghan reconstruction and from what we understand they've instructed him not to give out certain pertinent information especially about casualties among afghan forces but one of the key things that they've told him to leave out of his reports is the balance of power on the ground he's essentially not being permitted to reveal what territory is controlled by the taliban and what territory is controlled by the afghan government what territory is controlled by the i still forces and that's key information if you want to understand what progress is being made and how the war is really going and now at this point the usa has been in afghanistan for almost two decades it's had its forces on the ground there have been air strikes and such and we actually have a kind of an admission from secr

development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer. or you know of course live to the u.s. now and speak to r.t. scale of more pain caleb why so much secrecy and what exactly is being withheld here. well the instructions are coming from the pentagon and they are given to the special inspector for general afghan reconstruction and from what we understand he's been instructed not to give out certain information pertaining to casualties now one of the key things he's been asked not to reveal is actually the data on the ground about who controls what territory what territory is controlled by the taliban what territory is controlled by the afghan government what territory is controlled by i still this information he's being instructed not to reveal and that's key information if you want to understand what progress is being made and how the war is really going now at this point the united states has been in afghanistan for almost two dec

development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer the instructions are coming from the pentagon and they are given to the special inspector for general afghan reconstruction and from what we understand they've instructed him not to give out certain pertinent information especially about casualties among afghan forces but one of the key things that they've told him to leave out of his reports is the balance of power on the ground he's essentially not being permitted to reveal what territory is controlled by the taliban and what territory is controlled by the afghan government what territories controlled by the i still forces and that's key information if you want to understand what progress is being made and how the war is really going now at this point the usa has been to afghanistan. and for almost two decades it's had its forces on the ground there have been air strikes and such and we actually have a kind of an admission from s