A spokesman for the Taliban movement in Afghanistan said it would scour the files for the names of Afghan intelligence sources who had given the Nato-led coalition information about them. If found and captured the informers would be tried and punished by the Taliban's courts which extends throughout Afghanistan. The spokesman would not say what punishment the movement would exact. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Taliban told the Daily Telegraph. "We read everything and we will read these documents. "We will look for the names of people, but it will be a judge who decides. We won't act unless we are 100 per cent sure. We are not just going to trust these documents, we will make our own inquiries. "I cannot tell you what the judge will do." The threat echoes similar warnings made after the release in July of 92,000 intelligence reports and field assessments on the Afghan war. Those documents named informants who had revealed the names, locations and details of Taliban commanders and their operations. Hamid Karzai at the time condemned the disclosure of informers' details as "extremely irresponsible and shocking". In a sign of American's disquiet at the potential diplomatic and security impacts of the leaks, the State Department released a letter sent from its senior lawyer to Mr Assange. Harold Koh wrote that the release of 250,000 diplomatic cables would "place at risk the lives of countless innocent individuals," "place at risk on-going military operations," and "place at risk on-going cooperation between countries." "They were provided in violation of US law and without regard for the grave consequences of this action," he said. United States officials have already briefed allies including Downing Street to prepare them for potentially embarrassing disclosures. The cables are though to include candid and often unflattering assessments of European political figures and policy which could undermine diplomatic trust if publicised. (The Telegraph)