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

Day : June 15, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Kandahar	Kandahar		1				Gunmen on motorcycle attack and seriously wound local gov’t head of refugees, Hamid Agha, who later dies, also injure 2-3 of his bodyguards	AP 6/15/04 at 1:53 PM ET; BBC News 6/15/04 at 18:03 GMT

Day : June 16, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Kunduz city	Kunduz	4				IED	An IED explodes in Wed AM near to a NATO (German) SUV, part of PRT team, as it passed through busy market area in Kunduz, killing Afghan driver, 2 Afghan children, an old man. Bomb targets local PRT team, comprising 200 German soldiers.	AP 6/16/04 at 1:45 PM ET – S. Graham; AP 6?16/04 at 6:30 AM – Amir Shah; Chic Trib 6/17/04 at 9:40 AM ET – Kim Barker; DW-World.de 6/17/04
Ladha Fort, a Pak base 30 kms north of Wana	North Waziristan, Pakistan		1		5		70 militants carry out a coordinated attack of Ladha Fort hitting it with rockets. Injures 10 soldiers, 2 Uzbek militants killed and 1 Pak soldier. Later, 3 more militants killed when they attack Shiringo, 35 kms west of Wana	AP 6/16/04 at 1:45 PM ET; NYT 6/17/04 – D. Rohde; AP 6/16/04 at 03:37 PM – Riaz Khan
Faizabad	Badakhshan					IED	An IED goes off near AFGHANAID, a British NGO, injuring an Afghan guard	AP 6/16/04 at 1:45 PM ET – S. Graham; AP 6/16/04 at 6:30 AM – Amir Shah
Al Jazeera	QATAR						Broadcasts a video showing Al Qaeda members undergoing training recently at a camp in Afghanistan or in the border region. Broadcast coincides with Karzai’s visit in Washington	NYT 6/17/04 – D. Rohde

Day : June 17, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
North of Kabul	Parwan						A 4-vehicle convoy came under fire as it was headed to projects through “some of country’s most peaceful areas” !!!	CNews 6/17/04; AP 6/17/04 at 5:07 PM ET – S. Graham
Angoor Adda area, 60 kms west of Wana	South Waziristan, Pakistan						Pak military helicopter gunships and transport helicopters, jet fighters move into area as a new Pak military offensive gets under way in a region believed to harbor foreign militants. Fighting in the area had ended on Sunday with a death toll of 72 (incl 17 Pak troops). Attacked small town.	BBC News 6/17/04 at 15:03 GMT
Near Wana	“				1	Missile strike	A missile kills Taliban commander, Nek Mohammad, 26, who had used his sat phone which allowed tracking him. See CSM essay for a chronology of the Wana fighting between March v16 – June 17, 2004	Asia Times 2204 – S.S. Shahzad; CSM 6/25/04 – Ben Arnnoldy; CSM 6/25/04 – Owais Tohid and Scott Baldauf
North of Qalat	Zabul		1			mine	Late Thurs vehicle hits mine, 50 kms north of Qalat. Interpreter killed and 2 US and 2 New Zealand Special Forces injured. In March 2004, NZ sent some 50 elite Special Air Forces troops to Afghanistan for a 6-month tour of duty.	Reuters 6/18/04 at 10:35 AM ET – D. Brunnstrom

Day : June 18, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Mizan district Zabul			4				Militants take over district headquarters, killing 4 gov’t soldiers in the PM. On following Sat AM, US attack helicopters pound area and militants fade away.	Reuters 6/19/04 at 3:22 PM ET
Near US Special Forces base at Tirin Kot	Uruzgan				5		US forces kill 5 Talibs who attacked base in early Friday AM	Reuters 6/19/04 at 3:22 PM ET

Day : June 20, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Kandahar	Kandahar		1				Militants kill Afghan soldier protecting election workers	FoxNews 6/21/04
Bagram Air Base	Parwan			1			One US soldier dies mysteriously of “non-hostile” injuries	AFP 6/21/04

Day : June 21, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Town in Logar province	Logar						Militants fire 3 RPGs at UN election office in main town of Logar damaging building. 4 UN vehicles damaged.	FoxNews/AP 6/21/04; Reuters 6/21/04 at 10:20 AM ET
Arghandab district	Zabul				4		4 captured Taliban are BEHEADED ( YES!) BY US-trained Afghan soldiers. Even HRW comes out against this. Afghan commander of 27^th Division confirms veracity.	Reuters 6/22/04; AP 6/23/04 – Amir Shah; AL Jazeera.net 6/22/04 at 7:21 GMT
Arghandab district	Kandahar	1					Militants on motorcycles open fire upon election workers in a UN vehicle, killing policeman and injuring election workers	Reuters 6/21/04 at 10:20 AM ET

Day : June 22, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
US Camp Salerno base	Khost					rockets	Hit by 7 rockets, hit two warehouses, injuring 2 soldiers and 3 interpreters. US helicopters called-in.	Xinhua.net 6/23/04 at 16:20; Reuters 6/23/04; AFP 6/22/04 at 9:09 PM Et; Kyodo News 6/24/04

Day : June 23, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Desert area near Spin Boldak	Kandahar		5			IED	An IED or mine explodes near patrol, killing 5 Afghan troops, injuring 2 others. Taliban’s Hakimi clams responsibility.	Reuters 6/23/04; AP 6/23/04; Jang.news 6/24/04; AFP 6/24/04
Naray district north of Sadabad close to border	Kunar			2			Late Thurs attack kills 2 US Marines and injures 1 other as they were moving through a valley. Air support called-in.	AP 6/25/04; CBCNews.com 6/25/04; Reuters 6/25/04 at 9:01 AM ET; Chic Trib 6/26/04 at 9:40 AM ET – K. Barker