He uses newspapers as his sources for his estimates, but the reality is that just about all the estimates were either directly from Taliban sources or hearsay from relief people who talked to Taliban sources.
So, basically, it's Taliban garbage in and Taliban garbage out. And 62 civilian deaths per day actually would represent a mellowing of the Taliban regime.
"...One man, a 35-year-old farmer who lost his wife, her husband, and six of their seven children, said, "Before the bombing, the Taliban was always saying that American s were enemies of Muslims and of Islam, and we did not believe that. But nowadays, when [the US forces] are killing innocent people, we believe that what the Taliban was saying about America is true: they are trying to kill Muslims and finish Islam..."
I wasn't aware that the dead could speak? How many times does this man get counted?