German Defense Ministry Mum on Security Incidents

Following the lead of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) the German Defense Ministry is putting a lid on information pertaining to security incidents in northern Afghanistan citing the lack of accurate reporting from Afghan National Security Forces. However there are some skeptics that think this is more of a "report only good news" whenever possible and "avoid bad news". In addition, there is the 'information operations' aspect to only reporting good news. As part of the withdrawal process ISAF and its Coalition partners want to advance the narrative that troops are being pulled out of Afghanistan because the lead for security has been successfully transferred to the ANSF and the ANSF is doing well enough at this point in time. Bleak assessments of the security situation don't support the ISAF narrative. Read more in "German Defense Ministry closes files on Afghan security incidents", DW DE, January 8, 2014.