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

Day : November 1, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
district headquarters of Watapur, 35 kms. northeast of Asadabad	Kunar						Rebels hold headquarters for 2 hours, then burn it down, hurt no one. Told local administrative officials to leave and never return.	AFP 11/1/03 at 11:40 AM

Day : November 3, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
near Urgun-e	Paktika						1-hr firefight between militants and US Special Forces, leaves 3-4 Special Forces troops wounded	AFP 11/5/03 at 5:10 AM; AP 11/5/03
Alwara Mandi, a mountain area in North Waziristan	Pakistan					U.S jet	A US jet strafes a hillside in Pakistan, 500-1,000 meters inside Pakistan.	Jang.news 11/5/03
Ghbargai in Angoor Adda - Barmal area	Pakistan				2		Pak. Soldiers clashed with group of foreigners, killing two Uzbeks, others fled.	Jang.news 11/5/03 - B. Khan; AFP 11/4/03 at 5:40 AM

Day : November 5, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
?	?						A Taliban spokesman, Hamed Agha, told Saudi newspaper that Taliban hold U.S. and other foreign prisoners.	UPI 11/5/03 at 7:22 AM;Jihad Unspun 11/7/03
Karte-Se neighborhood	Kabul					bomb	Explodes at 10:50 AM near offices of OXFAM and Save the Children. Building damage but no injuries.	Jang.news 11/5/03; ABCNews Online 11/6/03 at 10:14 AM

Day : November 6, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Khak-e-Afghan area	Zabul		8-9		7		At 1 AM, Taliban attack district office, burn it to ground, stole vehicles, according to Taliban commander in area, Hidayatullah Akhunzada, deputy to Commander Hafiz Abdur Rahim.	Jang.news 11/8/03 - B. Khan; AFP 11/9/03; Bal. Post 11/8/03

Day : November 7, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
the old Afghan army garrison in Asmar	Kunar						US troops deployed in Asmar to control the border crossing at Binshahi near Barikot. Binshahi border is used for timber smuggling. US planes also had bombed Pecha Darra valley on Wed. and Thurs..	Jang.news 11/8/03 ; IRNA 11/8/03
Asadabad fire base of US Special Forces	Kunar					rockets	3 rockets and small arms fire at the base and US troops, who responded with mortars and aerial attacks.	AFP 11/8/03 at 1:41 AM; Jang.news 11/10/03
Want and Watapo in Nooristan's Waigal Valley	Nooristan and Kunar					Major U.S. raid, Operation Mountain Resolve	Includes troops from 10^th Mountain, Special Ops, Forces, helicopters and jets. Aim is to find enemies (esp. Hekmatyar whose strength is here) and deny territory. Began with an air assault and air drop of troops. A convoy of 50 US vehicles left Asmar base towards the Pech Darra valley.	Jang.news 11/11/03; Defend America News 11/03 with text and photos; Reuters 11/10/03; Daily Times 11/8/03 - I. Khattak

Day : November 8/9, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
residence of Zabul governor in Qalat	Zabul					2 bombs	First bomb went off at official residence of the Zabul governor, Hafizullah, seeking to kill him, and minutes later, a second bomb exploded in an arms depot of the army.	Bal. Post 11/9/03; Radio Netherlands 11/10/03

Day : November 10, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
districts of Atghar, Shinkay, Naubaghar and Shamsi	Zabul						Control of these 4 districts is in Taliban hands, who seek now to control capital of Zabul, Qalat. 3 other districts are under nobody's control - Dai Chopan, Shahjoy and Khak-e-Afghan	Jang.news 11/10/03 and 11/11/03;
Marzeh district	Nooristan				1		10^th Mtn. troops fight with six rebels, kill one. Called in air support but rebels fled.	AFP 11/11/03 at 3:40 AM; Reuters 11/11/03; AP 11/11/03 - J. Fowler
capital city	Zabul						Taliban attack office of mine-sweeping organization, ransacking it, stealing 2 cars and tieing up staff.	PakTribune 11/11/03
clinic of Norwegian Afghanistan Committee	Ghazni						Around 10 Taliban attacked clinic, threatened staff, stole all money and medicine.	AP 11/11/03 - J. Fowler
near border	Paktika						Hour-long clash leaves 3 US soldiers injured from shrapnel	AP 11/12/03 at 7:05 ET - J. Fowler

Day : November 11, 2003

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Shehr-e-Nau upscale neighborhood	Kandahar					Car bomb	Explodes at 4:20 PM outside UN office Project Support, seriously injuring two persons (a motorcyclist riding by and an Afghan guard working for the UN).	AP 11/11/03 at 9:09 ET - N. Khan; AFP 11/11/03 at 4:31 PM; AP 11/11/03 - J. Fowler
near Spin Boldak	Kandahar		1	1			Taliban kill Romanian soldier, 33, when his convoy came under attack. Another soldier injured. Around 430 Romanian soldiers serve in Afghanistan under U.S. command.	Jang.news 11/12/03 ; AFP 11/11/03 at 10:10 AM; Reuters 11/12/03 at 04:15 AM ET - S.A. Achakzai