A spokesman said only 5 of the dead were civilians

(…)The numbers continue to be disputed on the ground. On Monday, the Afghan Rights Monitor, a national watchdog group, said that, after interviews with 15 villagers, it appeared that only a dozen of the dead were gunmen, but that 60 to 70 villagers were killed, The A.P. reported. But it also noted that a spokesman for the provincial government, Ahmad Sami Yawar, said only 5 of the dead were civilians. (…) :

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