A day-to-Day Chronicle of Afghanistan's Guerrilla and Civil War, June 2003 – Present

Day : November 13, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Academy Town in Peshawar	Pakistan						Pak. Intelligence officials arrest an Egyptian, Abid bin Ibad, Al Qaeda suspect at 2 AM in Academy Town. FBI was involved too. FBI had listened in on his sat phone calls.	Jang.news 11/14/03
Manogi (Manoguy) district	Kunar		4			Remote-controlled bomb	Blows up vehicle filled with troops, killing 3, injuring four according to witnesses.	Jang.news 11/13/03

Day : November 14, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Bagram hospital	Kabul			1			Second Romanian dies of his wounds inflicted 3 days ago near Spin Boldak.	AFP 11/14/03 at 6:31 PM
near Asadabad	Kunar			1		IED	Explodes and injures fatally a US Special Forces soldier when vehicle was hit by the IED.	AFP 11/14/03 at 2:01 PM
airport of Jalalabad	Nangarhar						Taliban fire rockets at US base near airport, causing some damage but no casualties.	AP 11/14/03 - J. Hashimzada
Shaplung near Khost	Paktia				4		Taliban fire RPGs and AK-47s at gov't base resulting in a 1-hr. battle at 1 AM on Friday. 4 attackers killed.	Jang.news 11/15/03
Barmal area	Paktika				5		Rebels attacked US and army forces, battle ensued in which 5 rebels were killed according to Col. Hilferty of Bagram propaganda center.	USA Today 11/17/03
Mangaratay village in Barmal area	Paktika	5-6					US airstrike kills 6 civilians. Bagram says they were Al Qaeda, but local police commander insists they were civilians. Members of Ahmadzai-Wazir tribe riding in a pickup truck.	SpaceWar.com 11/17/03 citing the AFP; Dawn 11/16/03;jang news 11/17/03 and 11/18/03; Jihad Unspun 11/18/03

Day : November 15, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near U.S. base at Asadabad, in Manoguy district of the Pech Valley	Kunar			1 -3		IED	Exploded under patrol vehicle, killing one US Special Forces soldier and injuring another. Another report says 3 US soldiers killed and 3 persons wounded..	AFP 11/15/03 at 3:40 AM; Jang.news 11/16/03; Jihad Unspun 11/17/03; AP 11/24/03 - P. Haven; AFP 11/15/03 at 8:10 AM
	Kunar		11		8	US air strikes	Bombing and 8-hr. firefight resulted in death of 8 mujahideen incl. a Hezb-i-Islami commander Maulvi Faqeer Ullah.	Jihad Unspun 11/17/03

Day : November 16, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
shopping bazaar in Ghazni	Ghazni	1					Two men on a motorbike kill French aid worker for UNHCR, injure her driver, in Ghazni market at 12:30 PM. Two suspects were arrested.	AP 11/16/03 - J. Fowler; AFP 11/16/03 at 5:32 PM; AFP 11/17/03 at 11:10 AM

Day : November 17, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Sarabagh base, 5 kms. northeast of Khost	Paktia					rockets	Pre-dawn fired upon the base from mountain to the north. Helicopters called-in. 3-hr. firefight. Unconfirmed casualties at the base.	PakTribune 11/17/03 at 13:46 PST; Jihad Unspun 11/18/03
Faryab airport	Faryab						Taliban attacked with RPGs inflicting deaths and injuries upon Afghan troops, but numbers are disputed and unconfirmed.	Jihad Unspun 11/19/03

Day : November 18, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Refugee centers	Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost and Kandahar						UN pulled out 30 foreign staff members and closed refugee centers in these 4 provinces, after series of Taliban attacks upon UN personnel and offices.	Guardian 11/18/03 at 10:01 AM - P. Haven

Day : November 19, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Afghan Army post on highway near Sangeen (Sangin) , 40 kms. north of Lashkar Gah	Helmand	2-3			1		~40 Taliban in four vehicles attacked post, killing 3 troops and injuring 2 others. Battle raged afterwards in Chah Baber mountains of the Maiwand district. 2 Taliban suspects arrested.	AFP 11/19/03 at 6:10 AM; AP 11/19/03 at 18:25 GMT; Jihad Unspun 11/20/03
U.S. base at Asadabad	Kunar					107 mm. rockets	More than 5 rockets fired at the base	AFP 11/20/03 at 2:40 PM
Daman district, 100 kms. north of Kandahar	Zabul		1				Afghan soldier working for a US security firm on the K-K highway called USPI is killed.	AFP 11/20/03 at 8:36 AM

Day : November 20, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Shkin base	Paktika						US troops capture 4 suspected rebels involved in firing rockets at the Special Forces base.	AFP 11/21/03 at 3:40 AM

Day : November 21, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Parwan region	Parwan						A new U.S. PRT team set up in Parwan, to cover Parwan, Wardak and Logar. 12 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan since March 2003.	AFP 11/22/03 at 6:01 AM