British forces on patrol in eastern Kabul on road leading out to Jalalabad
Kabul
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Suicide bomber
Crashes explosives-filled car at 11 AM into the British patrol, killing one soldier and injuring 4 others (incl. 3 British soldiers and their translator). Taliban admit attack saying the suicide bomber was a 22-yr old British national born in Algeria , man who detonated a taxi. The attacks wounded at least 9 foreigners. Taliban threatened more such attacks.
BBC News 1/28/04 at 13:56 GMT ;
Jihad Unspun 1/27/04.
AP 1/28/04 - A. Shah;
Independent 1/29/04 - P. Reeves;
Day : January 29, 2004
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near village of Dehe Hendu (Deh Ayeen), in the Jaghatu district, west of Ghazni
Ghazni
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Munitions dump explodes by accident or was booby-trapped
US forces on patrol, stop to inactivate an ammunition dump. The dump explodes, killing 7, one is missing, three injured US soldiers. 4 treated in Bagram
BBC News 1/29/04 at 20:01 GMT; AFP 1/29/04 at 11:40 PM; NYT 1/31/04-C. Gall;
Day : January 30, 2004
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Shahpur village close to Pak Air Force base of Kohat
Pakistan
Long-range rockets with timers
Discovered late Friday. Rockets were set with time fuses to fire on Saturday.
Dawn 1/31/04 - A.S. Paracha
Toba Achakzai area near Dobandi
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US and Afghan forces fire upon 3 Pakistani shepherds who had wandered across the border, killing one, Abdul Qadir on the spot.
Dawn 1/31/04
Day : January 31, 2004
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provincial capital, Deh Rawud
Uruzgan
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Remote-controlled bomb
Mayor of Deh Rawud, Khalifa Sadaat, and his family of 7, killed by an IED exploding under their vehicle, when returning from shopping late Saturday night. Dead include 3 of his children.
Dawn 2/1/04 ;
jang.news 2/1/04;
Totals for month of February 2004 : between 38-41 persons died from continuing fighting
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Day : February 3, 2004
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Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul city
Kabul
US military opened a new HQ in Kabul, a 20-house installation called the Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A), to oversee the 11,500 occupation soldiers under its command (incl. 9,000 US soldiers). New HQ near U.S. embassy, the Ariana Hotel (a squat yellow building once official Taliban guest house - hit by a Massoud bomb on July 24, 1997 - but now heavily fortified on a traffic roundabout near the presidential palace which now serves as the CIA base and detention center), and the presidential palace. Formerly, US headquarters were at Bagram.
Xinhua 2/3/04 ;
Jang.news 2/4/03 ;
Kabul city
Kabul
2 rockets
slam into northwest Kabul, hitting a cemetery and an inhabited hillside at about 9:45 PM.
AP 2/3/04 ;
Day : February 5, 2004
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firebase Salerno camp at airport at Khost
Paktia
a dozen rockets
Land in US-Allied base compound at 11 PM, damaging buildings. Salerno base is 3rd largest US base in Afghanistan (after Bagram and Kandahar) , hosting over 500 troops. It is regularly attacked, usually with rockets (as on Jan. 14, 2004). Today, US helicopters take to the air, but attackers fade away.
Jihad Unspun 2/5/04
the bazaar (market) in town of Kajakai
Helmand
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Afghan gov't troops hung a dead Taliban from a crane in the bazaar on Thursday. Fighting had earlier broken out near the Kajakai dam, injuring 2 other Taliban, who all escaped with a larger group.
Reuters 2/5/04
Day : February 6, 2004
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Nawaey Ada, Macha Dad Kot, Shakin, Gomal in the Birmal area
Paktika and Paktia
Large-scale U.S. search operations involving ground troops and many helicopters. Tribals being stopped and searched at will.
Jang.news 2/7/04;
CSM 1/14/04 - A.S. Tyson ;
Day : February 9, 2004
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New campaign launched
The operation with 600 US and Afghan soldiers with helicopters and air support is under way and reportedly Commander Najeeb Ullah and his 24 men, a close friend of senior Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, have been arrested.
Jihad.Unspun 2/10/04
Helmand province
Helmand
Israeli intelligence forces with US passports and dress are working in the province to detect Al Qaeda and Taliban. An Israeli unit is also training the Karzai Afghan Army.
Jihad.Unspun 2/10/04
Day : February 11, 2004
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vehicle on road in Khost city
Paktia
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Man fired upon car of Khost deputy intelligence chief, Col. Mohammad Isa, as he was going to his office. Killed the policeman, then blew himself up too. The AIP said Isa had escaped an assassination bid last year and a junior intelligence officer was killed in Khost 2 months ago. This is 4th suicide attack - 2 in Kabul on Jan. 27-28, and one in Kabul in Dec. which killed 5 Afghan security officials. Taliban claim responsibility saying Isa had passed in information to US forces and was a former member of an Afghan communist party.
