North of Kabul, Afghanistan, local police arrested 16 men suspected of plotting to smuggle weapons into the capital.
In Kabul, Afghanistan's Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, Mohammad Naim Ghiacy hosted a meeting with an Iranian delegation led by Ahmed Hosseini and with UNHCR representatives Filippo Grandi and Philippe Lavanchy to discuss Afghan repatriation progress. To date, 2 million Afghans lived in Iran, of whom 800,000 are considered refugees.
Interim Afghan president Hamid Karzai visited Kandahar for the first time since there was an attempt on his life there on September 5, 2002. A man with a grenade near the travel route was apprehended by local police.
Local police found and destroyed 48 new Chinese-made rockets southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Near the village of Dailanor, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, rebels ambushed a U.S. ilitary convoy on a road, detonating an explosion that wounded three U.S. Marines, one seriously. The Marines were part of a contingent of 2,000 Marines who arrived in Afghanistan in recent weeks.
In the Ghazi Abad district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, a bomb exploded on a truck carrying fuel for a U.S. military base, wounding three Afghan men.
After receiving pressure from Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai, the government of Nangahar province lifted ban on women performers on television and radio.
In Kabul, Afghanistan, local police and ISAF soldiers arrested four suspects, three near Kabul Stadium and one in front of the Finance Ministry. Three detonators were found in the vest of the last suspect. Over a dozen other suspects were taken into custody in a raid on a home.
A bomb near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan killed one person and injured two others. The blast occurred near a building where the governor was meeting with local officials.
U.S. forces battled for four hours against rebels in the Tangi mountains of Zabul province, Afghanistan, killing two fighters and arresting two others. Five AK-47 rifles and one rocket launcher were seized by the U.S. forces.
At the opening in Kabul, Afghanistan of a three_day gathering of representatives of international donor countries, interim president Hamid Karzai announced a reduction in the size of his 30-person cabinet and a clarification of the responsibilities of each ministry. However, the plan needed the approved of the current cabinet before taking effect.
In Kabul, Afghanistan, Abdullah Shah was killed by firing squad, marking the first sanctioned execution in the country since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. Abdullah Shah was convicted of more than 20 murders. News of the execution was kept secret until the story was revealed by Amnesty International a week later.
In a raid on a compound in central Kabul, Afghanistan, local police and ISAF forces arrested eight militants with suspected links to Hezb-i-Islami and al_Qaida.
The Economic Cooperation Organization opened a two-day conference in Kabul, Afghanistan bringing together representatives from ten regional countries. The agenda included ways to improve development and promote trade, and investment opportunities.
The government of Nangahar province, Afghanistan banned women from performing or reporting news on television and radio.
On the Del Aram Road at the last checkpoint before Farah province, Afghanistan, men riding in three station wagons fired rockets and machine gun when they were stopped at the checkpoint, killing eight Afghan National Army soldiers.
A bomb exploded in front of the U.S. military base further in Kandahar, Afghanistan, wounding General Salim Khan, a senior police official, and two of his bodyguards.
Police chief Yar Mohammed and nine of his officers were ambushed and killed by rebel forces in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
In the Barmal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, five Taliban rebels in military uniforms pretending to be pro-government forces executed seven Afghans, including five government officials, a woman and child. They were asked if they supported interim president Hamid Karzai and the government. The people in the vehicle said yes, and they were killed on the spot.
In Kod-i-Barq, Balkh province, Afghanistan, an armed encounter took place between forces loyal to Abdul Rashid Dostum and a local Tajik leader Atta Mohammad. The incident took place in the Mazar fertilizer factory residential area and resulted in a few injuries.
Hamidullah, an Afghan intelligence chief, and two Afghan National Army soldiers were abducted by dozens of men near Chenartu in Uruzgan province. Taliban leader Mullah Hakim Latifi claimed that the men had been killed, and offered to exchange their bodies for that of a Taliban held by Uruzgan officials.
A three-hour gun battle occurred during a joint Afghan_U.S. operation near Gereshk in Afghanistan, killing one rebel and one Afghan soldier, while wounding one U.S. soldier and one Afghan soldier.
The U.S.Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, stated that Pakistan to catch the rebels. Pakistan's information minister, Sheikh Ahmed Rashid, called the comments "harmful" and said Pakistan would never allow foreign troops on its soil. The White House quickly downplayed Khalilzad's comments.
In Kabul, Afghanistan's Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, Mohammad Naim Ghiacy hosted a meeting with an Iranian delegation led by Ahmed Hosseini and with UNHCR representatives Filippo Grandi and Philippe Lavanchy to discuss Afghan repatriation progress.
In Afghanistan, an explosive device detonated on the road to Kandahar airport as a U.N convoy passed.
At the opening in Kabul, Afghanistan of a three-day gathering of representatives of international donor countries, interim president Hamid Karzai announced a reduction in the size of his 30-person cabinet and a clarification of the responsibilities of each ministry.
April 3, 2004 - A bomb explosion in a Madrid flat kills a Spanish policeman and five terrorists suspected of responsibility for the Madrid train bombings on March 11.
April 8, 2004 - Former Japanese famous economist, professor at Waseda University graduate school Kazuhide Uekusa was arrested on the escalator of JR Shinagawa Station because of trying to peep under high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror.
April 17, 2004 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing the Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.
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