Pentagon buys and destroys 9,500 copies of soldier's Afghanistan book 'to protect military secrets'

Pentagon officials bought and destroyed all 9,500 copies of a soldier's book about Afghanistan amid fears it revealed military secrets.

The entire first print run of Lt Col Anthony Shaffer's book 'Operation Dark Heart' was snapped up by officials at a cost of $250,000.

The 299-page book was pulped on the orders of Pentagon chiefs.

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