Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghanistan's president said he is incensed that leaked secret U.S. military documents include the names of Afghan informants.
"This indeed is very irresponsible and shocking," President Hamid Karzai told reporters on Thursday.
"Because whether those individuals acted legitimately or illegitimately in providing information to the NATO forces, they are lives, and their lives will be in danger now".
U.S. military officials were assessing what damage could be done to intelligence contacts in Afghanistan after a number of names of local Afghans working with the U.S. military appeared on documents leaked by the WikiLeaks website. Officials are concerned that potential new contacts may be reluctant to help out of the fear that the United States can't protect sources.
Karzai said that authorities must determine the context in which those names are mentioned "and then act accordingly".
"This is a very serious issue," he said.
The Pentagon is focusing on jailed Army Pfc. Bradley Manning as the main suspect in the leak of tens of thousands of secret U.S. military documents related to the war in Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon official told CNN Wednesday.
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