The European Union announced that it would donate €79.5 million to support reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The money is meant to support de-mining, the building of a health system, and other public infrastructure projects.
The Pakistani army moved into parts of its northwest tribal areas to flush out Taliban remnants. This marked the first time Pakistan had taken such action.
Floods in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan triggered a landslide which killed 30 people and swept away 400 cattle.
In Nakhohni, five miles (8 km) south of Kandahar, Afghanistan, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Mullah Jinab, a member of the Ulema Shoora, as he was coming out of a local mosque after evening prayers.
The UNHCR announced that, with its support, more than 300,000 Afghanrefugees had returned home in 2003.
Human Rights Watch released a report that, in Afghanistan, U.S.-led coalition support for warlords was destabilizing the nation and could threaten the elections of 2004. Abuses carried out by the Afghan National Army and local police were also highlighted, including kidnappings, burglaries, rapes, intimidation, harassment of journalists, and extortions.
During a United Nations Security Council debate, Indian Ambassador Vijay K. Nambiar expressed concern that, through charities and drug trade, al Qaeda still had the ability to finance its own activities. He also voiced concerns that al Qaeda continued to procure weapons through the border with Pakistan. Nambiar demanded an inquiry.
In Naish, 40 miles (60 km) north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, about two dozen rebels ambushed government troops in southern Afghanistan, killing at least two soldiers and torching two NGO vehicles before fleeing.
To sort out their border dispute along the tribal region dividing them, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to use, with the assistance of the U.S., GPS to work out the coordinates of the border.
Telecom Development Company Afghanistan began offering wireless phone service to consumers in Afghanistan, breaking a year-long monopoly held by Afghan Wireless Communication.
In Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, posters appeared that threatened death to twenty-five informers accused of collaborating with U.S. and government forces.
A ground-breaking ceremony took place in Tehran, Iran to mark the start of construction of a four-kilometer Milak-Zaranj road. Iran allocated US$849,847 for the project. Iran's Hossein Amini and Afghanistan's Karim Barahouei attended the ceremony.
Under a pilot telekiosk project funded by the French government, the telekiosk.moc.gov.af website was launched in Afghanistan. In both Dari and English language, the site provided links to government and health information, job listings and business information. The site also provided community forums, information on local hotels and restaurants, and a Dari-English phrasebook.
Mullah Mohammed Omar approved Mullah Abdul Samad as the new deputy military commander for southern Afghanistan and ordered him to intensify guerrilla attacks on U.S. and coalition forces.
More than 200 Afghanrefugees in Brussels began a hunger strike in Sainte-Croix Church. They said they would rather die than go back to a country they considered too dangerous.
In Islamabad, Pakistan, Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali met Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat and Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on the first of a two-day visit. The visit was aimed at developing cooperation in the fight against terrorism and to remove recent strains in relations. An agreement was made for Pakistan to train Afghan border security agencies and members of the Afghan police force.
A fire (which started in a timber shop after a wood-sawing machine overheated) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, destroyed more than a hundred shops and other buildings.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement announced that the network of 50 health clinics in Afghanistan were in danger of severe cutbacks due to a lack of money. To date, the Red Cross had only received about one-fourth of the $10 million for which it had requested.
North of Orgun, Afghanistan, two soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition forces were wounded when their patrol was ambushed by automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
One man was killed and another wounded when they set off a land mine while digging a well near a police station in Chilstoon in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mine was likely left over from factional fighting in the 1990s.
Afghan authorities confiscated hundreds of copies of the weekly newspaper Payam-e-Mujahid, owned by the Northern Alliance, after it published an article accusing President Hamid Karzai of making the apology under pressure from a U.S. ambassador and described it as a dishonor for Afghans. The article demanded that Karzai resign. The confiscation was ordered by Defense Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim.
Several Afghan troops were killed as dozens of heavily armed rebel fighters attacked a border post near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. After the five-hour battle, the rebels escaped across the border into Pakistan.
Eight Afghan government soldiers, in a car travelling about 25 kilometers east of Khost, were killed by a remote-control mine. The soldiers were part of a special unit working with the U.S.-led coalition forces to monitor the regions that border Pakistan.
Afghanistan was officially reinstated as a full member of the International Association of Athletic Federations. Afghanistan had originally joined the IAAF in 1930. Following the lead of the International Olympic Committee, the IAAF suspended Afghanistan in 1999 because of the Taliban ban on the participation of women athletes. The IOC lifted its suspension on June 29.
Three U.S. soldiers were wounded when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device detonated in the middle of their convoy approximately eight kilometers south of Asad Abad, Afghanistan.
Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai issued a decree to convene a 500-member loya jirga on October 1, 2003 that would approve a draft of the country's new constitution. Karzai said that 450 members would be elected and 50 would be appointed.
The Afghan government paid Pakistan 2.8 million Afghanis (the equivalent of three million rupees) in compensation for the armed attack on Pakistan embassy in KabulJuly 8. The payment was delivered in cash.
Canadian troops took control of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brig. Gen. Peter Devlin assumed command from Germany's Brig. Gen. Werner Freers during a ceremony in eastern Kabul. At the time, the KMNB was made up of around 3,000 soldiers.
The United Nations Population Fund and the government of Italy inaugurated the rebuilt Khair Khana hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, that would provide pregnant women clean and safe conditions for childbirth.
Pakistani border security forces arrested 48 Afghans for illegally crossing into Pakistan near Chaman. The Afghans were then turned over to the Afghan government.
Three or four rockets were fired at a border checkpoint near Khost, Afghanistan. There were no casualties or damages.
In the Ghorak district of Kandahar, Afghanistan, more than 400 Afghan soldiers and police searched houses for Taliban suspected of killing five policemen earlier in the week. Twelve villagers were picked up on suspicion of helping the Taliban.
Afghan police officer Sayed Nabi Siddiqui was detained by U.S. forces after he reported police corruption and was then accused of being a member of the Taliban.
Rebel fighters arrived in four pickup trucks and attacked a police station to the northwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Five officers were killed in the 30 minute clash.
An improvised explosive device disabled a coalition vehicle near the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. No one was injured.
A blast damaged a building operated by a non-governmental organization (NGO) for the U.N..
An improvised explosive device left a large whole in the wall of a warehouse run by the German Technical Cooperation, an NGO, in the northern section of Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
In a raid near the Pakistan border, Afghan forces seized about 300 rocket-propelled grenades, dozens of anti-tank mines and 20 AK-47 rifles.
Two Afghan soldiers were wounded in a skirmish with Pakistani troops along Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan. Residents of two nearby villages were prompted to flee their homes.
A bomb exploded near a movie theater in south-eastern Afghanistan. There were no casualties.
Pakistan declined to accept a U.N. offer to mediate any differences between Afghanistan and Pakistan after the Pakistan Embassy was attacked by protesters earlier in the week. Security around the Afghan consulate in Peshawar was tightened.
A U.S.Special Operation Forces convoy north of Bari Kott in Khost province, Afghanistan received small-arms fire. One soldier was slightly injured from bumping his head in a vehicle.
U.S. Special Operation Forces came under small-arms fire from unknown gunmen in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
Afghan authorities in Kandahar province arrested a man and seized a large quantity of bomb-making material. The man was reported to be a brother and aide of former Taliban defense minister Mullah Obaidullah.
German Defense Minister Peter Struck told the Berliner Zeitung that Germany would extend its troops' mandate in Afghanistan until at least the end of 2004.
In a second day of demonstrations against reported Pakistani military incursions into Afghan territory, a group of nearly 500 people attacked Pakistan's embassy in Kabul. The windows of eight embassy cars were smashed while televisions, computers and windows were also smashed, including those in the ambassador's upstairs office.
In reaction to attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul early in the day, Pakistan lodged a formal protest with the Afghan Government. The protest prompted Afghan President Hamid Karzai to telephone Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf directly.
Amnesty International secretary general Irene Khan met with Afghan president Hamid Karzai in Kabul to press for widespread prison reform and improved security. A new Amnesty International report found that warlords were still operating private prisons, with many civilians held in shackles and detained for months without facing trial.
About 100 people took part in a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, in protest against reported Pakistani military incursions into Afghan territory.
New Zealand Minister of Defense Mark Burton announced the deployment of New Zealand service men and women on a twelve-month mission to Afghanistan. Their responsibilities would focus on enhancing the security environment and promoting reconstruction efforts.
The Afghanistan Literature House opened in [Tehran]], Iran in the Honar Cultural Center.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai sent a high level delegation to eastern Afghanistan to investigate alleged border violations by the Pakistani military. The Mohmand tribe were worried about Pakistan's military operations in the Nangarhar and Kunar districts.
The Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan, Kinichi Komano, announced that Japan would provide $150 million in aid for reconstruction purposes, such as roads, health centers, radio and TV.
United Arab Emirate Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Zalamy Rasoul, Afghan National Security Advisor.
Turkmenistan assured Pakistan and Afghanistan that Daulatabad, the fifth largest gas field in the world, would remain exclusively available for the Trans-Afghan Pipeline.
In Mazar, Afghanistan, four civilians and two fighters were killed in a battle between Uzbek and Tajik forces.
At the Kabul Military Training Center in Afghanistan, two U.S. special forces soldiers were wounded in an accidental grenade blast. They were successfully treated at Bagram.
About 60 rebel fighters managed to slip out of the Ata Ghar mountains in Zabul province, Afghanistan, and moved into neighbouring Kandahar province. Ten rebels were killed and 16 wounded in the fighting.
About 700 Afghan government reinforcements were the Ata Ghar mountains of Afghanistan where about 60 rebel fighters have been battling government forces for four days.
An Afghan military officer, Commander Basir, was shot dead by two unknown gunmen in Herat.
Phase one of the Afghan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program was scheduled to begin, but was delayed because Afghan authorities were slow to make crucial defense ministry reforms. The goal of phase one was to disarm 100,000 former combatants and integrate them into civilian live.
Fifteen (9 miles) east of Kabul, Afghanistan an unknown man was killed because a bomb he was carrying went off prematurely. The blast left a 2 m (7 ft) wide crater.
