Wikileaks Isis Tunnels Blown Moab Were Built Cia

WASHINGTON — In a twist that raised more questions than answers, WikiLeaks dropped a bombshell in mid-April 2017 by publishing documents suggesting the underground tunnels targeted by the U.S. military’s massive MOAB bomb were originally constructed with CIA involvement.

The revelation came just days after American forces unleashed the powerful GBU-43 bomb on an ISIS complex in Afghanistan. That strike, on April 13, leveled a network of tunnels in the Nangarhar Province, killing dozens of militants. But according to the leaked files, those same tunnels had been built years earlier, possibly as part of covert operations by U.S. intelligence agencies.

It’s hard not to feel a bit stunned by this. If the claims held up, it meant the CIA had played a hand in creating infrastructure that later fell into ISIS hands, turning what was meant to be a strategic asset into a deadly liability. The documents didn’t spell out the full story, but they pointed to efforts in the early 2000s when the U.S. was backing anti-Taliban forces in the region.

Back then, the CIA had poured resources into building alliances and infrastructure to fight terrorism, but things got messy as groups splintered and regrouped. Critics were quick to pounce, arguing that this leak exposed flaws in U.S. foreign policy, where short-term gains sometimes backfired spectacularly.

In the end, the WikiLeaks release stirred up a storm of debate about oversight and the unintended consequences of secret operations. While officials downplayed the documents’ significance, calling them outdated or taken out of context, it left people wondering just how deep these connections ran and what other surprises might surface.