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

Day : January 12, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Khashrud district	Nimroz		4-5				Dozens of Taliban attack a police checkpoint, killing 4-10 police. Swift attack and rebels all escaped.	Guardian 1/12/04; BigNews.com 1/13/04; AFP 1/12/04 at 8:40 AM;

Day : January 14, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :`
near US base at Khost airport	Paktia					About a dozen rockets	Explode near to airport at about 11 PM. Fired from mountains south of Khost city. No injuries.	AFP 1/15/04 at 7:10 AM

Day : January 15, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near village of Khakrek, 55 kms. north of Kandahar	Kandahar		2-3		3		About 40 rebels attack convoy near Khakrek, bringing a local leader to his office. The 40-minute fight results in 3 dead Taliban and 2 dead soldiers.	Daily Times 1/18/04; jang news 1/18/04;

Day : January 18, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Sawghataq (Saghatho) village in district of Charcheno (Char Chino)	Uruzgan	10-11				US air raid by an AC-130 gunship	At 4 AM, 11 civilians killed (incl. 4 children, 3 women) in another US bombing attack on this tiny village perched on a small hill. Col. Hilferty at Bagram propaganda center admitted five dead militants. The 11 victims were buried on Sunday and residents were very angry and scared. About 100 Afghan and 30-40 US troops had been in area in past 2 days, arresting 10 suspects. EVEN KARZAI admitted on the 31^st that 10 civilians had been killed in the raid. 250 people from Char Chino district went to protest to the governor.	Reuters 1/19/04; AP 1/19/04 ; Reuters 1/31.04; WSWS 1/20/04 - D. Walsh ; AP 1/20/04 ; Jang.news 1/20/04 ; Dawn 1/22/04 ; Photos taken by AFP's Shah Marzai.
US base at Deh Rawud	Uruzgan				1		Bold daylight raid by 15 Taliban with RPGs and assault rifles upon the US base, injures 3 US Special Forces soldiers. One attacker killed.	AP 1/19/04 at 4:53 AM PT; Reuters 1/19/04 at 6:19 AM ET; jang.news 1/20/04.
a compound in Kabul city	Kabul						Canadian troops in early AM raid , arrest 16, seize drugs, cash, weapons	Toronto Star 1/19/04 - T. Pedwell

Day : January 20, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
on a pass near Char Chino district	Uruzgan	3	2			IED	6 AM explodes as vehicle with troops and relatives explodes.	Reuters 1/20/04 ;

Day : January 22, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Kabul	Kabul						ISAF troops arrest 3 officials in Hekmatyar's Hezb-io-0Islami group, incl. a Abu Bakr, suspected of involvement in planting the mine which killed 2 Canadians.	Jang.news 1/23/04

Day : January 23, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near Qalat	Zabul						Late Friday ambush upon Zabul official, injures 2 guards. Fight erupts for 1 hour. ! rebel arrested.	Dawn 1/25/05

Day : January 24, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Chaman	Pakistan						Pak officials claim to have arrested a Taliban Mullah Abdul Manan, former Taliban governor of Sar-i-Pol and Badghis provinces. Taliban say person arrested is Maulvi Adan.	AP 1/24/04 at 10:36 AM ET; Arab News 1/2004 - Huma Amir Malik; jang.news 1/25/04; Jihad Unspun 1/26/04.
Gov't office in Jalalabad	Nangarhar					bomb	Placed near office, explodes and injures people (incl. 4 children). Several rockets hit another gov't building in a separate district of Nangarhar.	Reuters 1/25/04 ;

Day : January 25, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
houses at foot of mountain in Narang district	Kunar					US bombing	Pre-dawn bombing of mud brick village near Asadabad. Allegedly dropped on area from which rockets were fired on a US-led military base near a river bed. No injuries.	Reuters 1/25/04; Jihad Unspun 1/26/04 ; Jang.news 1/27/04
	Kunar					US warplanes	Fired on suspected militants, but killed only two mules	Jang.news 1/27/04
road checkpoint	Helmand	2	2				Troops at checkpoint ordered car to stop but it did not. Soldiers opened fire. 4 persons killed and 3 soldiers at checkpoint injured in exchange of gunfire.	Jang.news 1/27/04

Day : January 27, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Canadian troop patrol	Kabul	1		1	1	Suicide bomber	At 8:25 AM, Canadian troops on vehicle patrol attacked, one killed, 10 persons injured (incl. 3 more Canadians), an Afghan civilian killed too. Bomber attacked 3^rd vehicle. Taliban takes responsibility.	BBC News 1/27/04 at 09:54 GMT; Reuters 1/28/04 at 8:04 AM ET - Y. Azimy;