- Timeline of Afghanistan (August 2004)
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timeline of the history of Afghanistan in August 2004. The list is not complete and you are welcome to expand it."Sunday,
August 1 , 2004"A three-day battle began between
Afghan National Army and U.S. troops and militants nearZhawara ,Khost province ,Afghanistan . Coalition ground forces were assisted by U.S.B-1 Lancer ,A-10 Thunderbolt II andhelicopter gunships. Between 10 and 70 rebels were killed; at least one Afghan soldier was killed.Several people were killed in a gunfight between rebels and Afghan forces in
Gurbuz district ,Khost province .In
Kandahar province ,Afghanistan , rebels threwgrenade s at the office of a demining group.In
Logar province ,Afghanistan , a bomb hit a vehicle carrying amayor and ajudge , killing three of the judge's children."Wednesday,
August 4 , 2004"Two Afghans, a field officer and his driver, working for
Malteser Germany , aCatholic relief agency , were killed by gunmen inZormat . As a result of the attack, Malteser suspended its operations in Afghanistan.Afghan Defense Minister
Mohammed Fahim endorsed the presidential candidacy ofHamid Karzai .At an undisclosed school in
Parwan province ,Afghanistan , about 100 boy soldiers enroll in theAfghan New Beginnings Program ."Thursday,
August 5 , 2004"As part of the
Combatant Status Review Tribunal s at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba , with hands bound and feet chained to a metal ring in the floor, an Afghan detainee pleaded for his freedom before the first U.S. military review tribunal partially opened to observers.In
Kabul ,Afghanistan , authorities charged Reza Khan ofmurder ,rape and highwayrobbery involving four foreign journalists onNovember 19 ,2001 ."Friday,
August 6 , 2004"A convoy of ten U.S. vehicles east of
Daychopan ,Zabul province ,Afghanistan was ambushed by about ten rebels who firedrocket propelled grenade s. OneHumvee was struck, injuring five soldiers.Rebels set off a roadside IED near Qalat,
Zabul province ,Afghanistan , injuring three U.S. soldiers.In response to the killings of two relief workers on
August 4 , theUNHCR announced it was scaling operations down in southeasternAfghanistan .In
Uruzgan province ,Afghanistan , rebels ambushed a convoy of Afghan election workers, killing two."Saturday,
August 7 , 2004"Two U.S. soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were killed when their
Humvee struck a landmine positioned along their route inGhazni province . A third soldier was wounded."Tuesday,
August 10 , 2004"Afghan election officials released the list of approved presidentual candidates for the
October 7 election; the list of seventeen includedHamid Karzai ,Yunus Qanooni ,Mohammed Fahim andAbdullah Abdullah ."Wednesday,
August 11 , 2004"Mullah Janan , aTaliban military commander, was killed while leading an ambush on a U.S.-Afghan military convoy inLaghman province ,Afghanistan .U.S. Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld visitedKabul ,Afghanistan ."Thursday,
August 12 , 2004"A U.S.
UH-60 Black Hawk crashed inKhost province ,Afghanistan , killing at least one soldier and injuring fourteen. Four personnel were seriously injured and evacuated to the hospital atBargam Air Base ."Tuesday,
August 17 , 2004"U.S. warplanes bombed the forces of
Amanullah nearHerat ,Afghanistan . Khan's forces were engaged in fighting the militia backingHerat province governorIsmail Khan . Amanullah agreed to a cease-fire.United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan reported to theUnited Nations Security Council that more than 9.9 million people had registered to vote inAfghanistan , a number that exceeded the estimated total of eligible voters for the whole country."Wednesday,
August 18 , 2004"18-year-old
Friba Razayee became the first woman ever to compete forAfghanistan at theOlympic Games . She competed injudo againstSpain 'sCecila Blanco ."Thursday,
August 19 , 2004"A bomb exploded in a
U.N. -runvoter registration building inFarah ,Afghanistan . Several security personnel were injured."Saturday,
August 21 , 2004"Three people were killed and two others critically wounded when their pickup truck tried to run a checkpoint in
Ghazni province . An infant in the vehicle was unhurt."Monday,
August 23 , 2004"Afghan interim president
Hamid Karzai began a two-day visit inPakistan , meeting first with Pakistan presidentPervez Musharraf .Members of the
Afghan National Army raided rebel hideouts near the border ofAfghanistan andPakistan .Twelve Afghan presidential candidates called for interim president
Hamid Karzai to resign and to withdraw from theOctober 9 election. They argued that as an incumbent, he has an unfair advantage."Friday,
August 27 , 2004"Pashtun warlordAmanullah was brought by Afghan authorities fromHerat toKabul and held under arrest."Saturday,
August 28 , 2004"In
Zabul province ,Afghanistan , U.S. andAfghan National Army soldiers captured 22Taliban suspects.Ten people, including nine children, were killed after a bomb exploded at a religious school in
Paktia province ,Afghanistan ."Sunday,
August 29 , 2004"Georgia's 16th mountain battalion, commanded by Captain
Shavleg Tabatadze , traveled toGermany for a two-week training before they embark on a 100-day mission inAfghanistan .At least nine children and one adult were killed when a bomb exploded in a school in
Paktia province ,Afghanistan .At least nine people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb hidden in a car exploded in front of the
DynCorp office inKabul ,Afghanistan .Taliban spokesman MullahHakim Latifi claimed responsibility.In
Afghanistan , a DutchAH-64 Apache on regular patrol overKabul crashed, slightly injuring one crewman.In
Kandahar , Afghan security forces arrested five men suspected of planning an ambush on U.S. troops., an Afghan official said.Iran opened its first bank,Arjan , inAfghanistan ."Monday,
August 30 , 2004"NATO troops detained a man on the grounds ofKabul Airport and found traces of explosives on his hands. They then turned him over to local authorities.The
U.S. Embassy inAfghanistan e-mail ed U.S. citizens inKabul , informing them to limit their movements, take strict security measures and avoid "potential target areas" such as government offices, military bases and upscale restaurants frequented primarily by foreigners.Eight people in
Waradesh inPech district inKunar province ,Afghanistan were killed and an Afghan aid worker injured when U.S. planes bombed the village."Tuesday,
August 31 , 2004"In
Nangahar province ,Afghanistan , security forces arrested two men, AfghanHesmatullah andPakistan iShahzada Gul , distributingTaliban leaflet s calling for aholy war against U.S.-led coalition forces and the government.Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah traveled to
India to discuss a US$400 million Indian aid package for Afghanistan. He met withNatwar Singh and Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and other senior officials.NATO peacekeepers seized dozens of rockets,mortar shell s andhand grenade s from a truck which was trying to enterKabul ,Afghanistan .In
Kabul ,Afghanistan , Afghan intelligence agents arrested a bus driver with several guns and ammunition in his vehicle."See also"
Timeline of the War in Afghanistan:
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