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

Day : June 2003 - no date available

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
area near Spin Boldak	Kandahar					.	On June 2, 2003, French President Chirac announced that France would send 'a contingent' of French special forces to assist Americans in combat. In late September 2003, ~150 elite French special forces were deployed in the border area about 10-20 kms. south of Spin Boldak.	AP 6/2/03; Spacewar.com 6/23/03; AP 10/1/03 - A. Ramos
unknown location	southern Afghanistan						Mullah Omar assembled leaders of the Taliban in later June, naming a 10-man leadership council, mostly comprised of members from the sw of Afghanistan. The council includes former defense minister Mullah Obaidullah, military commanders (Mullahs Dadullah and Akhtar Mohammad Usmani).	Reuters (Spin Boldak) 6/24/03

Totals for month of July 2003: between 96-132 persons died from continuing fighting

Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed
19-21	58-75	0	19-36

Day : July 1, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Gardez-Khost highway	Paktia					2 improvised explosive devices (IEDs)	Explode as US and Afghan army patrol goes by. A fire fight ensues but attackers escape	AFP 7/7/03 at 7:20 AM

Day : July 2, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Nakobak village, 10 kms. so. of Kandahar	Kandahar	1					Taliban gun-down an anti-Taliban mullah, Maulvi Hamdullah, at his mosque. Later, 15 persons are arrested	FP 6/4/03; LAT 8/14/03-R. Dixon; ABC Radio Australia 7/5/03 at 12:20

Day : July 2 - 6, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
mountainous border regions	Khost and Paktika						800 US troops, 500 Italian paratroopers and 25 aircraft in 'Operation Haven Denial.' The 5-day operation, the largest since Anaconda in March 2002, has meager results: discovered a small arms cache, 'interviewed' 400 people, inspected 250 vehicles.	Reuters 7/4/03 at 10:13 BST; Jang.news 7/10/03; Dawn 7/10/03; AFP 7/7/03 at 7:20 AM; Fox News 7/4/03

Day : July 3, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Thatta village near Ghorabari coast on Arabian Sea	Pakistan						Pakistan police arrest/abduct 6 Al Qaeda 'suspects' - incl. a woman and Maulana Abdul Rahman Khaskheli	Jang.news 7/4/03

Day : July 5, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
south of Kandahar	Kandahar						4 attackers ambush police patrol	Islam Online 7/15/03

Day : July 9, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
mountainous Atghar area	Zabul		4		5		Continued fighting (since June 30^th) in Atghar area. Taliban commander Hafiz Abdul Rahim said 100 Taliban captured the district, killing the police chief, Gul Mohammad, 3 Afghan trroops, and 5 Taliban were killed	Jihad Unspun 7/9/03
Mazar-e-Sharif	Balkh					British troops	Established a 72-member PRT unit in the city of Mazar. Three US PRT's exist - Gardez, Kunduz, Bamiyan.	Eurasianet 8/7/03; AFP 7/6/03 at 11 AM

Day : July 10, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Barikot area	Khost						Taliban attacks a convoy of US Special Forces in the AM with RPG and AK-47 fire. Near the US fire base at Barikot.	Jang.news 7/12/03
city of Khost	Khost					bomb	Bomb goes off near movie theater but no injuries. On June 27^th , a grenade was thrown into a theater in Helmand, injuring 3 Afghan guards.	ToI 7/11/03 at 03:34 PM citing AP

Day : July 12, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Jalalabad	Nangarhar					bomb	Explodes in a gov't warehouse, but causes no injuries	ToI 7/12/03 at 01:57 PM citing AP
south of Kandahar	Kandahar						Taliban ambush a police patrol on Saturday evening, injuring patrol commander and a soldier. Gunmen escape after an hour-long battle	Reuters 7/13/03

Day : July 13, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
mountains near Pak border	Kandahar						Afghan troops discover 300 PPGs and anti-tank missiles from an alleged hideout of Taliban commander, Hafiz Abdul Rahim	Reuters 7/13/03
Mandi Saar and Khushal areas in Kandahar	Kandahar		14				Taliban attack US and Afghan troops as they were returning to their base, allegedly killing 14 of them	Daily Times (Pakistan) 7/14/03
`Taluqan village in he Registan desert	Kandahar		1				'Gunmen' ambush an Afghan militia commander, killing him, late Sunday evening. His 4 bodyguards return fire, but attackers escaped. security chief in Kandahar, General Mohammed Akram's forces later arrest 4 persons.	FP 7/15/03 citing the AFP and APP.