The U.S. Department of Defense has classified a sweeping range of data used to measure its progress in Afghanistan, a government watchdog said, sealing much of the information from public view. Key indicators that are now being kept secret include figures on the size of the Afghan army and police force and the number of civilian airstrike casualties, the watchdog, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or Sigar, said in its latest quarterly report to Congress on Tuesday. That data now will be made available...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 29, 2018 18:50 UTC