KABUL — Attempting to embarrass the Afghan government ahead of a major national assembly, the Taliban on Sunday published what it called the government’s secret security plan for the event, including details of troop deployments and cellphone numbers of security officials.
The Taliban e-mailed the plan — which appeared to carry the signatures of U.S. and Afghan military officials — to news organizations and published it on its website, saying it had obtained it from two government infiltrators.
A spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry dismissed the document as a fake, but several phone numbers for Afghan security officials were authentic.
U.S. officials had no immediate comment on the document.
If real, the document appeared to include details that the Taliban could have used to help plot an attack on the loya jirga, or grand assembly, which begins Wednesday in Kabul.
That the Taliban chose to publish the document indicated that the group was aiming for a propaganda victory.
The group said it was “a blow” to U.S. officials who have said the Taliban was unable to infiltrate President Hamid Karzai’s government.
