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

Day : March 31, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Near border	Khost				1		A US patrol hit by sniper fire, injuring 1 soldier. A militant killed after had grenade attack on another US convoy in the area.	Jang.news 4/4/04; Dawn 4/4/04

Day : April 1, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Area near Wana	South Waziristan, Pakistan						Pak. helicopters drop leaflets in both Urdu and Pashto languages, but did not dare do so on the ground.	AP 4/1/04 at 5:40 AM – Ahsanullah Wazir

Day : April 3, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
20 kms from Miran Shah	North Waziristan, Pakistan		2				Pak troops and tribesmen exchange gunfire, as militants in Mazarkhel fired upon by passing Pak troops on their way to the Shawal mountainous area. Pak helicopter gunships soon arrived. A Pak military convoy had been ambushed in the area in March, killing a major and soldier.	Dawn 4/4/04
East of Qalat	Zabul		1				An IED explodes near Afghan Army convoy, killing 1 soldier and seriously injuring another.	Jang.news 4/5/04

Day : April 5, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Road near Deh Rawud	Uruzgan				2		2 Taliban killed while trying to lay a road mine which explodes	Dawn 4/7/04
Afghan military convoy	Farah		1				Armed men attack Afghan Army in night of 5/6^th convoy and kill colonel and wound a soldier	Jang.news 4/7/04

Day : April 6, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
NGO-funded school	Parwan						Taliban blow up school on night of 6/7^th . Later, an Abdul Hadi, former Taliban commander, is arrested in Kabul.	Kuwait News Agency 4/7/04; Australian 4/7/04

Day : April 7, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Near Gereshk	Helmand		5		3		A joint US-Afghan patrol is attacked, 5 killed (incl. 4 Afghan soldiers and 1 militant). A US soldier injured and an Afghan one too. In nearby Sangeen, 2 Taliban killed when they attacked an Afghan militia checkpoint. Nearby, an Afghan army vehicle hits a mine in Uruzgan, killing one and injuring another.	AP 4/8/04
Road in Chenartu close to Tirin Kot	Uruzgan		3				3 gov’t officials incl. a senior regional intelligence chief, Hamidullah (Ahmadullah?), are kidnapped and taken to remote area of Shah Wali Kot – scene of much previous fighting and bombing. Possibly organized by former high-ranking Taliban chief, Abdul Razaq. The 3 were later executed.	News24.com 4/10/o4 at 20:48; AP 4/12/04 at 8:50 AM – Amir Shah; Reuters 4/12/04 at 5:22 AM ET – Mirwais Afghan

Day : April 8, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Near Kabul	Kabul						Two Dutch Apache helicopters fired upon. Holland sent 6 Apaches and 135 more troops to assist Afghan occupation – it already had 650 troops in Kabul. The Apaches arrived in Kabul on March 30^th aboard 3 Russian Antonov 124s.	Reuters 4/9/04 at 1:35 PM ET Jang. News 4/13/04
Border region	Khost						An elite 60-man US Army unit (501^st Parachute Infantry) is attacked twice during April 8-9 while on a 4-day patrol. An IED and RPG used. Airstrikes called-in. The 501^st deployed in Afghanistan in October 2003	CNN.com 4/13/04 at 4:29 AM EDT

Day : April 9, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Area near Spera	Khost						A large new US-Afghan military operation began involving 700 troops (incl. ~100 @US) backed by helicopters seeking to block escape routes from Pakistan. Caves in the area were used during the anti-Soviet war. Pakistani troops reported moving into the mountainous, rugged Shawal region.	AP 4/12/04 at 7:23 AM ET – A. Shah; Asia Times 5/1/04 article provides valuable information on the Shawal region

Day : April 10, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
Border districts	Paktika						Taliban seize 3 border districts according to Taliban spokesman, Abdul Latif Hakimi.	Reuters 4/12/04 at 5:22 AM ET – Mirwais Afghan

Day : April 11, 2004

location	province	Afghan civilian deaths	Afghan military deaths	U.S. military & allied deaths	Taliban or allies killed	weapon	commentary	Sources :
City of Gardez	Paktia						2 unmanned drones crash close to US-Afghan inauguration ceremony of a new Italian-funded courthouse in Gardez. The planes crash during a speech by American “pro-consul” in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khaliad.	AP 4/11/04 – Amir Shah