The government, which puts the number of dead at 400, claims that "clearance operations" against the militants ended on 5 September, but BBC correspondents have seen evidence that they continued after that date.
Xukuumaddu waxay sheegaysaa in "hawlgalka lagu nadiifinayo" mintidiinta uu dhamaaday 5tii Sebtember, laakin wariyeyaasha BBC waxay arkeen caddaymo muujinaya inay sii socdeen taariikhdaas ka dib.