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

Day : July 23, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near US base in Asadabad	Kunar					B-52 and two AV-8 Harrier jets	2 rockets land on US base which calls-in air-support. B-52 drops JDAMs and the Harriers dropped laser-guided 1,000 bombs, all with no effect.	ABC news 7/24/03 ; AFP 7/26/03 ; PTI/AP 7/24/03

Day : July 25, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
50 kms. east of Kandahar	Kandahar						An Afghan police vehicle hits mine, injuring 6 policemen, 2 seriously, according to hospital officials	Jang.news 7/26/03

Day : July 26, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Kabul airport	Kabul						Attackers hit an Ariana Airlines Boeing 727 taking-off for Mazar with gunfire. Plane forced back to Kabul.	Jang.news 7/29/03

Day : July 27, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near Gereshk	Helmand		6				Taliban attack Afghan Army near Gereshk town, killing 6 soldiers according to Helmand governor, Haji Mohammad Wali. This follows the appointment by Mullah Omar of a new deputy military commander for the south, Mullah Sabir (alias Momin).	Reuters 7/28/03; Jang.news 7/29/03; Liberation (France) 7/29/03; Washington Times 7/29/03-M. Ansari

Day : July 27-28, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Saidgai village in North Waziristan	Pakistan	(3)				bombs	2 bombs set off - one on Moday in Saidgai at home of a local tribesman that kills 3, another Sunday planted under a Pak. Army patrol vehicle parked in Miran Shah bazaar which injured 9. Pak. Police later arrest 22 Afghans who had been living in Miran Shah for some time, handing them over to 'a joint investigation team of scret agencies.'	Jang.news 7/29/03

Day : July 28, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
checkpoint outside Bamian city	Bamian		5			martydom attack	Car at Afghan Army checkpoint explodes, killing 5 troops and driver, reported by Daily Islam. First martyrdom operation in Afghanistan.	Jihad Unspun 7/30/03

Day : July 29, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Naish village in Spin Kotal district, 60 kms. no. of Kandahar	Kandahar		1-2				~25 Taliban attack 3-vehicle convoy, killing 1-2 forces, injuring 2 others. Attackers fled into hills. The military vehicle was escorting two aid agency vehicles of the Afghan NGO, Afghan Health Development Service.	Bal. Post 7/30/03; NYT 7/31/03-C. Gall; Xinhua (Kabul) 7/30/03
Nakhoni village, 30 kms. sw of Kandahar in Panjwai district	Kandahar	1					A senior member of Kandahar local religious council (ulema), Mullah Abdul Manan, Janab killed on his way home after praying at a mosque by 2 men on a motorcycle who escaped. Janab had openly denounced the Taliban call for resisting US occupation. This is 3^rd attack upon important anti-Taliban religious figures (june 29 and July 2).	Xinhua 7/30/03 ; Jihad Unspun 7/31/03 ; Jang.news 8/1/03;NYT 7/31/03-C. Gall; WP 8/3/03-A. Witt; NYT 8/4/03-C. Gall

Day : July 30, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Barmal district	Paktika					Remote-controlled bomb	Set off near Barmal district chief's office, woyuds 2 police and administrator's son	Jang.news 8/2/03
near US fire base in Asadabad	Kunar				3		10 Taliban attack the U/.S. firebase and a firefight follows in which 3 suspected Taliban are killed	Islam Online 8/2/03; Fox News/AP 7/31/03

Day : July 31, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
highway in eastern Kabul	Kabul						U.S. military police open fire at a taxi, injuring 3 officers of the Army.	Xinhua 7/31/03 ; Reuters 7/31/03
highway	Kabul					3 IEDs	Hit a 2-vehicle convoy of US civic affairs troops, 26 kms. sw of Kabul, at 10 AM
Torghar (Black) mountains, 75 kms ne of Kandahar in Shahwalikot area	Kandahar		2		4		A firefight in rugged mountains leaves 4 Taliban and 2 soldiers dead according to Afghgan Army commander. 12 suspected Taliban arrested. The 2-day operation by US and Afghan forces also allegedly found 2 Afghan military officers held hostage, as well as 4 vehicles highjacked by the Taliban.	AP 8/1/03-A. Shah; Jang.news 8/2/03; Xinhua 8/3/03
Dand district, 25 kms. south of Kandahar	Kandahar				1		20 Taliban in 2 vehicles attack police post at Dand. A firefight follows in which 1 Talib killed	AP 8/1/03-A. Shah; Jang.news 8/1/03

July 2003 - no specific day available

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Peshawar Air Force base, 45 kms. from Afghan border	Pakistan						US troops set up a forward operating air base with US funding with 5 helicopters. A site which was an old RAF base and later a US spy base (flying U-2 planes).	Jang.news 7/13/03-N. Malik; Pakistan Aviation - Alan Warnes
U.S. base at Zormat	Paktia						Base is set up. It has been attacked several times during July-Auhust, incl. on August 16, 2003).

Totals for month of August 2003: between 176-225 persons died from continuing fighting