The Pentagon quietly removed more than 130,000 Afghanistan War photos and videos from public view | Task & Purpose

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The Pentagon has discreetly erased a vast collection of Afghanistan War footage from its official visual record, comprising over 120,000 photographs and 17,000 films. The photographs and films were published to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, or DVIDS, a massive library of publically available material for use by the public and the press. The Pentagon began archiving the imagery in August and September as it worked to move Afghans out of the country, according to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby, who also stated that the US government continues to assist Afghans who need to leave. 

Source: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-removes-afghanistan-war-photos-from-dvids/ 

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