Koram

The Koram itself is the basis for the mis-treatment of women under Islam law - it's not disputed that Mohammed says that a women's statement in court is worth half that of a mans!

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Rachmed Barby (ph) also orphaned in the Koram raid, according to doctors.

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Now, near Jalalabad in another part of the country, there is the village of Koram, and that is a village that the Taliban escorted a group of journalists -- Western journalists there.

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PHILLIPS: And after visiting the sites, CNN's Nic Robertson says he cannot confirm the Taliban report of 200 people dead in the Afghan village of Koram but -- from the U.S. air strike.

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PHILLIPS: Now, the pictures we've just been talking about from Koram -- I hope I'm saying that right -- Koram -- Koram -- this village.

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Let's check in now at the Pentagon and get the word from there on what may have happened in that village of Koram.

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PHILLIPS: The Taliban claim U. S.-led air strikes killed as many as 200 people in the village of Koram.

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In Koram, anger over the attack is still palpable and so, too, memories in this village where 90 percent of the houses appeared destroyed still fresh.

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Doctors say her parents were killed in the same raid on the village of Koram.

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So far Pentagon officials not acknowledging the Koram situation or commenting on it at all and we expect that they will field some questions on that at some point later today.

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