[Chgogal]

“The group said its report was based on interviews with victims and their families, witnesses, local community leaders, hospital officials and police.”

Curious if this village and these witnesses are protected by the coalition forces or if they have to live day in and day out under the treat of Taliban infiltrators?

Also curious if there are any other forensic analysis available?

[Cannoneer No. 4]

The first rule of dealing with indigenous personnel is they lie. Even when caught red handed, the will lie to your face about something they know you saw them do.

The second rule is everything is exaggerated. The rule thumb was for every 10-12 people reported by them, there would be maybe 1-3 people. You don't know how many times I had taken reports of mass grave sites, with tens to hundreds of dead, only to find 1-2 dead bodies, one of them said someone had a life threating injury to find a stomach ache, or for that matter someone had a broken bone that turned out to be a bruise.

Eye witness reports from them should take that into account when ever heard. -- Capt__M