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

Day : December 13, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
office of women's organization, Afghan Women's Peace Committee, in Jalalabad	Nangarhar					bomb	Exploded outside the office, damaging a wall and breaking windows.	Jang.news 12/16/03

Day : December 15, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near Shkin base	Paktika				2	F-16s drop 500 lb bombs and Apache helicopters	A US patrol is attacked and calls-in air support. An intense firefight lasting an hour ensues. F-16s and Apache attack helicopters are used, killing 2 and capturing 3 of the attackers.	AP (Bagram) 12/16/03 reprinted in CP World News

Day : December 18, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Vadi Dhusht district 30 kms. west of Kandahar	Kandahar	1					Taliban attack a primary school, set fire to it, kill school guard	The Courier-Mail 12/18/03

Day : December 20, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Taleshi square in downtown Jalalabad	Nangarhar	1				bomb	Ripped through restaurants and shops on the square late Saturday. A man died of shrapnel wounds and another person injued. Many bombs have been going off in Jalalabad.	AFP 12/21/03 at 3:20 AM; Dawn 12/22/03 ;
Shehroba, 20 kms from Spin Boldak	Kandahar		5-9				20 Taliban attack Afghan soldiers at Khaima security post, killing at least 5-9, injuring two as they were eating their evening meal on Sat. night.	Reuters 12/21/03 - M. Collett-White; The Mercury 12/22/03; Dawn 12/22/03
Khost-Kabul highway at Gardo Serai	Paktia		2			IED	Military vehicle blown up killing at least 2 soldiers. Road often used by US forces. Afghans handed over to the US, a former Taliban official, Mohammad Younis, former Taliban custom's chief at Kabul airport, suspected of involvement in raids in Helmand and captured at his home in Nawzad, Helmand, on Dec. 20^th..	Reuters 12/21/03 - M. Collett-White; Jang.news 12/22/03 ; Dawn 12/22/03 ;
Hyatabad township	Peshawar						Pak. Intelligence personnel arrest/abduct an official of the Afghan Trade Commission on suspicion of being part of Al Qaeda. Abdul Hanan, a clerk is disappeared.	Dawn 12/22/03 - S. Ahmad
	Afghanistan						Since May 1, 2003, when Secretary Rumsfeld declared an end to major combat ops in Afghanistan, a resurgent Taliban guerrilla force has driven out the UN and most other relief organizations from 13 of the country's 32 provinces.	Chicago Tribune 12/21/03 - Liz Sly ;

Day : December 21, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
road near Orgun-e fire base	Paktika						US forces captured 3 militants laying an IED on the road.	Jang.news 12/24/03 US troop convoys in the area come under frequent attack.

Day : December 22, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Dara Bagh area	Zabul						US and Afghan troops arrest 14 Taliban suspects and seized a large weapons cache. Suspects in US custody which is 'interrogating them.'	AP 12/24/03

Day : December 25, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near presidential palace in Kabul	Kabul					bomb	Explodes at 4:50 AM at a UN guest house about 200 meters east of the presidential palace in the downtown. Badly damages guesthouse, but no injuries. Timing chosen so as not to cause injuries but serve as warning.	Xinhua 12/25/03 ; Jihad Unspun 12/29/03

Day : December 27, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Nadir Shah Kot near Khost-Pak border, 40 kms west of Khost city	Paktia		5		3-6		Taliban ambush pickup truck carrying deputy intelligence director of Khost, a communist called Hayatullah Mandozai. Killed him and his four passengers. Injured senior commander, Qudratullah.Some hours later, US forces on same highway, kill 3-6 Taliban and Arabs involved in the ambush.	Arab Times 12/27/03; Reuters 12/27/03 at 7:17 AM ET; AP 12/27/03; News24 12/27/03 at 13:36 ; Jang.news 12/28/03 - R. Yusufzai ;

Day : December 28, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
highway near Kabul airport	Kabul		5		1	Car bombed	At 5:30 PM, a suicide bomber exploded a bomb strapped to his body after he was arrested and in the police SUV. Dead were Afghan intelligence personnel. Taliban claimed responsibility.	AFP 12/28/03 at 5:52 AM; AP 12/28/03 at 10:41 AM ET - S. Graham ; IOL 12/28/03 ; Jang.news 12/29/03

Day : December 29, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Border post in Spin Boldak	Kandahar		5				Militants attacked the post, killing 4 Afghan Army soldiers and injuring 3.	Jang.news 12/30/03

Day : December 30, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Operation Avalanche	Southern and eastern provinces		2		10		US announces end of the huge military operation involving over 2,000 troops, the largest postwar military operation in Afghanistan. 10 enemy personnel were killed and 4 wounded according to Bagram propaganda center, 2 Afghan soldiers died, and 2 US soldiers and 2 Afghan ones were injured.	Reuters 12/30/03 at 5:22 AM ET

Totals for month of January 2004 : between 92-106 persons died from continuing fighting