The Pentagon has ordered pulping of 10,000 copies of a revealing book on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, after paying its publisher thousands of dollars for printing expenses.

Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, author of the book “Operation Dark Heart,” had initially obtained clearance from his local Army Reserve unit to publish the book, which revealed “intelligence secrets” in the Afghan war.
Higher authorities within the military, however, rejected some details in the book, citing intelligence leaks.
The copies of the book were pulped on Monday by publisher Macmillan and under supervision of the Pentagon. A new censored edition of the book was released on Friday.
The Pentagon charged that Lt. Col. Shaffer revealed intelligence secrets.
“The publisher understood that we were concerned that classified information not be published and so they worked with us to make sure that did not happen,” Pentagon spokesman Col Dave Lapan told the state-funded broadcaster BBC.
In the 299-page book, the author censured the “bureaucratic bungling” that hampered intelligence operations aimed at disabling Taliban in Afghanistan and Pentagon's handling of the campaign.
It's not known how many electronic copies of the book have been posted on the Internet.
Lt. Col. Shaffer served in an Army Reserve intelligence unit in Afghanistan in 2003.