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- ↑ Raphael Satter, Kimberly Dozier (2010-07-26). "WikiLeaks: More US documents coming on Afghan war". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ↑ "'Capture or Kill': Germany Gave Names to Secret Taliban Hit List". Der Spiegel. 2010-08-02. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
In 2007, the Bundeswehr named two Taliban commanders, who were assigned the file numbers 74 and 77, but Mullah Rustam and Qari Jabar were deleted from the list prior to 2009 due to a lack of evidence
- ↑ Gretchen Gavett (2011-06-17). "What is the secretive U.S. kill/capture list?". PBS Frontline. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
The kill/capture campaign that JSOC is executing targets enemies on a secret list called JPEL [Joint Prioritized Effects List]. According to Matthew Hoh, a former Foreign Service officer who resigned in 2009 because he felt U.S. tactics were only fueling the insurgency, the list includes bomb makers, commanders, financiers, people who coordinate the weapons transport and even PR people
- 1 2 3 4 "Obama's Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan". Der Spiegel. 2014-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-30.