The government asserts that the insurgency has largely been crushed, despite frequent reports of killings.
Reports of killings, explosions and kidnappings have been coming in daily.
The immediate attention has focused on reports of killings of prisoners since the rout of the Taliban began two weeks ago.
Reports of killings by "unknown gunmen" late at night have prompted government troops to more strictly enforce a curfew.
Though the elections are scheduled for May, there have already been reports of killings and attacks on candidates this year.
Mr. Usman Khan, his intelligence chief, said the reports of killings were "completely untrue," and he repeated the official count that only 43 prisoners died of wounds or asphyxiation.
There are great swaths of this country where no outsiders have been for years, but from those provinces, unconfirmed reports of killings continue filtering into Monrovia.
They said that when they tried to follow up on reports of killings, their subordinates repeatedly told them the incidents were military confrontations with armed groups.
Activists say thousands of Sunni Muslims have fled the Mediterranean city of Banias, in Syria, after reports of killings by pro-government militia.
At the same time, it has been difficult for Russia to ignore the daily reports of killings coming out of Syria.
