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In an open letter to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the media watchdog said it "regrets the incredible irresponsibility you showed when posting your article 'Afghan War Diary 2004 - 2010' on the WikiLeaks website on 25 July".
WikiLeaks had in the past played a useful role by making information available to the public that exposed violations of human rights committed in the name of the US "war against terror", it said.
"But revealing the identity of hundreds of people who collaborated with the coalition in Afghanistan is highly dangerous.
"It would not be hard for the Taliban and other armed groups to use these documents to draw up a list of people for targeting in deadly revenge attacks," it said.
Assange said in London Thursday that his whistleblower website still planned to release a final batch of 15,000 classified US military files on the Afghan war, despite American demands it hold back.
Reporters Without Borders urged WikiLeaks to "not repeat the same mistake".
"Such imprudence endangers your own sources and, beyond that, the future of the Internet as an information medium," it said.
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WikiLeaks had in the past played a useful role by making information available to the public that exposed violations of human rights committed in the name of the US "war against terror", it said.
"But revealing the identity of hundreds of people who collaborated with the coalition in Afghanistan is highly dangerous.
"It would not be hard for the Taliban and other armed groups to use these documents to draw up a list of people for targeting in deadly revenge attacks," it said.
Assange said in London Thursday that his whistleblower website still planned to release a final batch of 15,000 classified US military files on the Afghan war, despite American demands it hold back.
Reporters Without Borders urged WikiLeaks to "not repeat the same mistake".
"Such imprudence endangers your own sources and, beyond that, the future of the Internet as an information medium," it said.
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