Fierce fighting leads to 12 dead Taliban and ~12 captured, including according to the U.S. propaganda center at Bagram, one commander Sediqullah Sediqi. But Taliban’s Abdul Latif Hakimi says Sediqi is alive and well, though a Mullah Taib was captured on Sat. AM on a motorbike.
Jang.news 7/3/04;
AFP 7/3/04 at 5:12 AM ET
Day : June 2, 2004
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Deh Rawud area
Uruzgan
3
Taliban attack gov’t office at 2:30 AM on Thur/Fri., killing a storekeeper and 2 other civilians, injuring 2 soldiers
Jang.news 7/3/04;
AFP 7/3/04 at 5:12 AM ET
Day : June 3, 2004
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Afshah neighborhood
Kabul
A “bomb factory” explodes, injuring 6. Police arrest 3. Bomb materials allegedly from Pakistan. In Sept. 2002, 26 civilians died and over 150 were injured in a bomb blast at a busy intersection in Kabul.
SwissInfo 7/4/04 at 10:30 AM;
Reuters 7/4/04
Day : July 4, 2004
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Hospital in Jalalabad
Nangarhar
1
bomb
A third Afghan woman poll worker dies of wounds from earlier bomb attack on June 16th
AFP 7/4/04Reuters 7/4/04;
Zormat area
Paktia
IED
An IED explodes and injures a U.S. occupation soldier
Reuters 7/4/04
Day : July 5, 2004
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Wealthy neighborhood of Kart-e-Parwan
Kabul
3
Afghan forces arrest the Jack Idema gang – 3 Americans and their 4 Afghan accomplices – who killed at least 3 “Prisoners,” tortured others (incl. hanging them by their feet).
BBC 7/7/04;
Reuters 7/7/04;AP 7/8/04 – S. Graham;
Guardian 7/9/04 – D. Campbell and K. Logan; NYT 7/11/04 – D. Rohde
Northeast of Qalat
Zabul
1
US-led troops in firefight July 7-9th, one dead militant and 3 injured, one US soldier injured
AP 7/10/04 at 3:20 PM – N. Khan
Day : July 6, 2004
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Dara-i-Noor, 70 kms north of Kandahar
Kandahar
Afghan forces capture commander Mullah Sakhi Dad Mujahid and an associate in an evening raid upon a compound. Mujahid (under torture?) admits to distributing $1 million to Taliban supporters. He was a Taliban commander in Takhar province and served as secretary to Mullah Omar until 2001.
ChinaDaily 7/8/04 at 08:34;
News24.com 8/7/04 at 13:17;
DPA 7/7/04
Day : July 7, 2004
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Chakab area
Farah
6
Taliban try to abduct 4 Turkish engineers, but a firefight results in which 6 policemen are killed, 4 others injured who were guarding the road construction team
Reuters 7/7/04 and 7/9/04;The Peninsula (Qatar) 7/8/04
Deh Rawud area
Uruzgan
1
4-5 militants try to run a road block, Afghan troops fire and kill 1.
Reuters 7/7/04
Day : July 8, 2004
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Vehicle on road
Nangarhar
1
mine
At 9 AM a mine goes off under an election commission vehicle, killing 1 woman and wounding 2 men
Jang.news 7/9/04;
BBC News 7/8/04 at 13:31 GMT
Day : July 9, 2004
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Borjak border post on Iranian border
Farah
3
3 Afghan gov’t soldiers killed in a clash between factions
Reuters 7/9/04;
Al Jazeera 7/10/04
Saminar village between Gereshk and Nowzad
Helmand
12
Taliban attack gov’t post, killing 12 Afghan soldiers. In another attack in Zabul’s Mizan district, Taliban overpower gov’t patrol and abduct 10 Afghan soldiers
Jang.news 7/10/04
Bala Murghab district
Badghis
1
Taliban attack election workers, killing 1 and injuring two
Jang.news 7/10/04
Deh-i-Yak district
Ghazni
2
Taliban attack district headquarters, killing 2 Afghan soldiers, occupied bldg overnight and fled in the morning
Jang.news 7/10/04
Maiwand area
Kandahar
Taliban bomb a US-built boys primary school recently built by US troops, torching it totally
Reuters 7/10/04;
AP 7/10/04 at 3:20 PM – Noor Khan
Border village northeastof Spin Boldak
Kandahar
4
1-3
40-50 Taliban attack Afghan soldiers at 2 checkpoints early Sat and 1-3 Talibs killed and 4 gov’t soldiers
Reuters 7/10/04 at 7:03 AM ET; AP 7/10/04 at 3:20 PM – Noor Khan
Mizan district
Zabul
Taliban kidnap 15 villagers but release them on Saturday
AP 7/10/04 at 3:20 PM – Noor Khan
Desert area around Gereshk
Helmand
1
Taliban in 3 vehicles attack checkpoint, killing 1 Afghan soldier and injuring 2 others, 3 Talibs injured
AP 7/10/04 at 3:20 PM – Noor Khan; Reuters 7/10/04 at 7:03 AM ET
