loved ones in that killing spree. let s bring in sara sidner, she s in kabul. s sara, how much money did these families receive and how is it that this news even emerged. reporter: we were told there was a meeting in kandahar city where there was the governor of kandahar province, some of the provincial leaders there as well as a few of the victims and they were handed over $50,000 per each person who died and $10,000 for each person who was injured. so that totals about $860,000 that has gone to these victims. the aft the afghan government says that there were 16 people who were killed in the massacre, was the u.s. government has released the charge seat for army staff sergeant bales, which charges him with 17 counts of murder. and we re told by afghan officials that the payout was for 16 civilians who had dies. so there s still a discrepancy there and no one can quite figure out why the discrepancy exists. but we know a large sum of money, imagine being in one of these vi