| US forces in Afghanistan are checking reports that stolen computer hardware containing military secrets is being sold at a market beside a big US base.
Shopkeepers at a market next to Bagram base, outside Kabul, have been selling memory drives stolen from the facility, the Los Angeles Times newspaper says.
The disks reportedly contain personal details about US soldiers, military defences and lists of enemy targets.
A US spokesman said an investigation had been ordered into the reports.
Lt Mike Cody said the military was looking into "allegations that sensitive military items are being sold in local bazaars".
"Coalition officials regularly survey bazaars across Afghanistan for the presence of contraband materials, but thus far have not uncovered sensitive or classified items," he said.
The Los Angeles Times report said disks on sale at the market outside Bagram contained the names of allegedly corrupt Afghan officials, reports on enemy targets and details about US defences.
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