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May 31, 2003

• Attackers fired a rocket toward the U.S. base in Asadabad in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. There were no casualties.

May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Asadabad may mean: Asadabad, Afghanistan, the capital of Konar province Asadabad, Iran, in Hamadan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Kunar (also spelled Konar) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country and on the border with Pakistan. ...

May 30, 2003

• As a U.S. special forces was moving along a road 50 kilometres south of Kabul, a homemade bomb was detonated, lightly wounding an Afghan soldier travelling with the group.
• Attackers fired two rockets toward the U.S. base in Orgun, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. There were no casualties.

May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Paktika is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...

May 29, 2003

• Fifteen kilometers south of Camp Warehouse near Kabul, Afghanistan, a German ISAF vehicle hit a mine killing one peacekeeper and injuring another.
• A team of U.S. investigators arrived in Kabul to investigate the deadly shooting on May 21 in which U.S. Marines guarding the American Embassy killed three Afghan soldiers.
• In Afghanistan, two men were killed by an exploding mine at Kabul's former royal palace, apparently while planting the device.

May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Camp Warehouse is the operations centre for the multinational International Security Assistance Force located 10 kilometers east of Kabul. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... ISAF can stand for: International Sailing Federation International Security Assistance Force This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ...

May 28, 2003

• Near Khost, Afghanistan, attackers set off a remote-controlled bomb near a vehicle carrying U.S. special forces. There were no casualties.
• In Gardez, Afghanistan, attackers fired two rockets toward a U.S. base. The rockets, however, fell far short of their target.

May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Khost, sometimes spelt Khowst, is a town in Afghanistan, located at 33. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Gardez is the capital of Paktia province, Afghanistan. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ...

May 27, 2003

• Command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan were handed over from the U.S. Army's 18th Airborne Corps to the U.S. 10th Mountain Division. Lt. Gen. Dan McNeill also ended his tour of duty. In a ceremony on the helicopter runway of Bagram Air Base, Maj. Gen. John Vines took over command.
• Taliban leader Mullah Ghausuddin and associate Mullah Mohammad were killed in a gun battle in Zabul province. An Afghan government soldier was wounded.
• In Beijing, Chinese VP Zeng Qinghong and Afghan VP Nimartullah Shaharani signed a US$1 million aid agreement for the Afghanistan reconstruction trust fund. The two leaders also agreed to re-establish the China Afghanistan Friendship Association and set up ties between Peking University and Kabul University.
• In Karachi, Pakistan, a seminar on the potential Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline took place under the auspices of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Pakistan Section. Over 75 professionals attended.
• Iranian Minister of Commerce Mohammad Shariatmadari arrived in Kabul to inaugurate Iran's first executive industrial and commercial exhibition in Afghanistan.

May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... (Redirected from 18th Airborne Corps) Patch of the XVIII Airborne Corps. ... The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division of the United States Army currently serving under the XVIII Airborne Corps. ... Bagram Air Base Bagram Air Base is located at the antique city of Bagram near Charikar in Parvan, Afghanistan. ... United States Major General John Vines (born ~1950) was commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Zabul, Afghanistan is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their own governor and officials to rival those appointed by the government in Kabul. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; Pinyin: Běijīng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Zeng Qinghong (simplified Chinese: 曾庆红 Pinyin: Zēng Qìnghóng) (born July 1939) is a Chinese politician. ... Peking University (Traditional Chinese: 北京大學; Simplified Chinese: 北京大学; Pinyin: Běijīng Dàxué), colloquially known in Chinese as Beida (北大, Běidà), was established in 1898, and is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. ... Kabul University is located in Kabul, Afghanistan and was founded 1931, opened 1932 and formally established in 1947. ... Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ...

May 26, 2003

• A Ukrainian plane crashed near the Black Sea city of Trabzon in northeast Turkey, killing all aboard. The plane carried 13 crew-members (12 Ukrainians and one Belarusian) and 62 Spanish soldiers returning from a six-month peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. Initially, the cause of the accident was blamed on thick fog, however some witnesses stated that the aircraft was afire.
• Afghan VP Nimartullah Shaharani arrived in Beijing, China for a five-day visit.
• Twelve shots were fired at an ISAF survey team from the Mine Dog Centre and the Mine Clearance Planning Agency in Rooza, Afghanistan.

May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Traditional Trabzon country house Location of Trabzon Province within Turkey Trabzon, formerly known as Trebizond or Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnda; see also List of traditional Greek place names) in Greek, is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey (Lat (DMS) 41° 2 60N Long (DMS) 39° 43 37E). ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; Pinyin: Běijīng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... ISAF can stand for: International Sailing Federation International Security Assistance Force This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

May 25, 2003

• Afghan authorities arrested Mullah Janan, a suspected military commander of the former Taliban regime, and two of his aides. The authorities accused Janan of plotting attacks on Afghan government buildings.

May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ...

May 24, 2003

• About 80 demonstrators marched through downtown Kabul for several hours to protest the accidental slaying of three or four Afghan soldiers by U.S. troops on May 21. Some demonstrators hurled rocks. Some chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Karzai." A demand was made that the U.S. soldiers involved in the incident be handed over to the local authorities. At least one ISAF soldier was hurt and two vehicles damaged.
• In Afghanistan, unknown assailants threw grenades into the Jalalabad offices of Medair causing material damage but no injuries.

May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... ISAF can stand for: International Sailing Federation International Security Assistance Force This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Grenade may refer to: The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers. ... Jalalabad (Persian: Jalālābād, 34°31′N 70°31′E) is the capital of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 150 km east of Kabul near the Khyber Pass and west of the Kunar River. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia on one of the following topics: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources. ...

May 23, 2003

• In collaboration with the Afghan Ministry of Health, the Afghan Ministry of Internal Affairs launched child census and polio vaccination campaign.
• Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani announced that the government would appoint new provincial customs directors to organize the flow of revenue to the central government.
• South of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, two Afghan employees of Agro Action were hurt in a bomb attack.

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Afghan Ministry of Health is an organ of the population of Afghanistan. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat polio. ... Ashraf Ghani is Afghanistans finance minister. ... Jalalabad (Persian: Jalālābād, 34°31′N 70°31′E) is the capital of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 150 km east of Kabul near the Khyber Pass and west of the Kunar River. ...

May 22, 2003

• In a Belgian court, the trial opened of 23 alleged Islamic militants linked to the murder of Afghan rebel Ahmad Shah Masood and the planning of anti-U.S. attacks in Europe. The two main defendants were Nizar Trabelsi and Tarek Maaroufi.
• In Paris, France, drug experts and foreign ministers from Europe and Asia met to address the massive flows of opium and heroin coming out of Afghanistan.

May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ahmed Shah Massoud (احمد شاه مسعود) (c. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (2 July 1970 - ) is a suspected Al-Qaida terrorist. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

May 21, 2003

• Outside the U.S. embassy In Kabul, U.S. troops shot dead three or four Afghan soldiers and wounded four others when they mistakenly thought they were about to come under attack. "The U.S. soldiers thought the Afghan soldiers were aiming guns at them," a U.S. intelligence official said. "They panicked and opened fire."

May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ...

May 20, 2003

• The twelve provincial governors of Afghanistan signed an agreement to deliver millions of dollars of customs revenue owed to the central government. The finance ministry said that customs revenues exceeded half a billion dollars in 2002, but only $80 million reached Kabul. Under the agreement, Uzbek leader, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, would no longer serve asHamid Karzai's special envoy for the northern regions and other officials would have to follow the suit.
• In the Gardez region, Afghanistan, a U.S. Special Forces soldier was wounded when a homemade bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle.
• Pakistani Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Water & Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao met with Afghan president Hamid Karzai to discuss repatriation of Afghan refugees.

May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... General Abdul Rashid Dostum (also Abdurrashid Dostum, born 1954) is the Deputy Defense Minister of Afghanistan and an ethnic Uzbek warlord. ... Hamid Karzai (Pushtu: حامد کرزي, Persian: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... Gardez is the capital of Paktia province, Afghanistan. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Hamid Karzai (Pushtu: حامد کرزي, Persian: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ...

May 19, 2003

• In a speech broadcast on Afghan television, president Hamid Karzai threatened to dissolve the government unless provincial leaders started paying their taxes. Karzai said he would call another Loya Jirga to form a new government in the coming two or three months if the situation did not improve.

May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hamid Karzai (Pushtu: حامد کرزي, Persian: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... Loya Jirga (June 13, 2002) Loya jirga, occasionally loya jirgah, is a large meeting held in Afghanistan, originally attended by Pashtun groups but later including other ethnic groups. ...

May 18, 2003

• The Afghan government launched a training program to create a 50,000-strong national police force and 12,000 border police by 2008.

May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

May 17, 2003

• After completing a physical training run, a U.S. soldier died at the Kabul Military Training Center in Afghanistan.
• U.S. special forces troops seized a weapons cache near Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The cache included nearly 400 mortar rounds and over 70 rockets.
• In caves at Maimana, near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, special forces discovered tank rounds and small arms ammunition, and transferred them to the Afghan National Army.
• A U.S. military vehicle struck two Afghan boys in Gardez, killing one and injuring the other. The accident occurred after the two boys ran across a street as a three-vehicle convoy was passing. The injured boy was treated and released.
• The Confederation of Indian Industry announced the signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement between India and Afghanistan.

May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Jalalabad (Persian: Jalālābād, 34°31′N 70°31′E) is the capital of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 150 km east of Kabul near the Khyber Pass and west of the Kunar River. ... Meymaneh or Maimana is the capital of Faryab province, northern Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border. ... Mazār-e Sharīf, also known as Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazar-i Sharif and Mazar-i-Sharif (in Persian مزار شریف), is a city in northern Afghanistan and the capital of Balkh province. ... President Karzai reviews the first soldiers of the Afghan National Army. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Gardez is the capital of Paktia province, Afghanistan. ... The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. ...

May 16, 2003

• The Asian Development Bank allocated $500 million for Afghanistan's reconstruction.

May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. ...

May 15, 2003

• The World Trade Organization is expected to consider the application of Afghanistan to their body.
• Clashes between rival forces loyal to Ustad Atta Mohammad and to General Abdul Rashid Dostum took place in the Gosfandi area of Sar-i-Pul Province, killing at least two followers from each side. Atta's men imprisoned a Dostum commander during the exchange. Fighting between the rival forces also took place in the Daraye Souf region in Samangan Province.
• In Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, one person was killed and three others injured when a bomb exploded in a small mosque at the local municipal authority's office. It was believed to be a suicide bombing.
• A British soldier was slightly wounded in Kabul, Afghanistan when an Afghan man threw a grenade at a British peacekeeping base.
• Gunmen attacked a Mine Evaluation Training Agency vehicle on Sathi Kandaw pass between Gardez and Khost, Afghanistan, prompting the United Nations to suspended travel along the route. The driver was shot in the chest and one mine clearer suffered superficial head wounds. The incident also prompted the U.N. to provide escorts for its vehicles.

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May 14, 2003

• Iran signed an agreement to train Afghan pilots and to help rebuild Afghan airports in Balkh Province and Herat Province.
• Pakistan hosted the first-ever meeting of the Tripartite Commission in Islamabad with the government of Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to discuss the ongoing return and reintegration of Afghan refugees.

May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Balkh is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Herat is a province of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces it makes up the western region of the country. ... Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ... Headquartereded in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (established December 14, 1950) protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement. ...

May 13, 2003

• A second group of 13 medics from Hungary were scheduled to leave for Afghanistan. The first group left on March 8, 2003.
• In the northern part of Kabul, Afghanistan, two Norwegian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force were shot and wounded. A soldier with the 8th Afghan National Army division was arrested.
• The British Army announced it would establish a base in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan to work on rebuilding and security.
• The State Bank of Pakistan imposed a ban on opening of Letters of Credit for the import of 18 items meant for Afghanistan. The items were tobacco substitutes, non-cotton yarn, dyes, PVC and PMC materials, black tea, capacitors, art silk fabrics, vegetable ghee, cooking oil, tyres and tubes, refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions, soap and shampoos, auto parts, telephones, razor or shaving blades, and video cassettes.

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May 12, 2003

• In Afghanistan, dozens of state truck drivers blocked a highway to protest against non-payment of wages.
• A report by the independent Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit found that land-ownership disputes were the most common conflict in Afghanistan.

May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

May 11, 2003

• Southeast of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, six people were killed in a clash between loyalists to Abdul Rashid Dostum and another faction.
• In Afghanistan, demonstrators rallied against an amnesty offer that president Hamid Karzai made to some Taliban members.

May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mazār-e Sharīf, also known as Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazar-i Sharif and Mazar-i-Sharif (in Persian مزار شریف), is a city in northern Afghanistan and the capital of Balkh province. ... General Abdul Rashid Dostum (also Abdurrashid Dostum, born 1954) is the Deputy Defense Minister of Afghanistan and an ethnic Uzbek warlord. ... Hamid Karzai (Pushtu: حامد کرزي, Persian: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ...

May 10, 2003

• An Afghan soldier was killed and a U.S. special forces soldier wounded in firefights the Khost area of Afghanistan. A U.S. A-10 aircraft and AH-64 helicopters were called in to kill the remaining opposing fighters.

May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ... Khost, sometimes spelt Khowst, is a town in Afghanistan, located at 33. ...

May 9, 2003

• United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage met Afghan president Hamid Karzai and other senior officials in Kabul. Security concerns along the Afghan-Pakistan border were discussed. Armitage said the United States did not support a recent appeal by the United Nations for international peacekeepers to be deployed outside Kabul. He also handed a check to the Afghan government for US$100,000 to help refurbish Afghan National Museum.
• In New Delhi, Indian federal civil aviation minister Shahnawaz Hussain told Afghan civil aviation minister Mirwais Sadiq that India would assist Afghanistan in building its aviation infrastructure. The assistance was contingent on Pakistan opening its airspace to India.

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May 8, 2003

• Two Afghan factions fought a gunbattle in Helmand Province, injuring two Afghan soldiers. The clash prompted U.S.-led coalition forces to call in two A-10s from Bagram air base as air support. The two wounded soldiers were evacuated to the U.S. air base at Kandahar.
• In separate raids on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Pakistani officials arrested two Afghans for suspected links with al Qaeda. The suspects were identified as Ismat Kaka and Ibadat Jan. Weapons and cell phones were seized.
• Eleven men released from Camp X-Ray in Cuba on May 5 arrived in Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, where they remained in custody. The men no apology or compensation for their time, but they did receive a bag containing a new pair of pants and tennis shoes, a jacket, underwear and a bottle of shampoo. Two of the men expressed bitterness at being sent to the prison in Guantanamo Bay without being questioned first at home.
• Communications director for the Afghan Reconstruction and Development Center, Khaleda Atta, called on the Bush administration to lay out a specific plan for fully funded and comprehensive reconstruction in Afghanistan.
• A three-day Rebuild Afghanistan Trade Fair came to an end, climaxing in a US$220 million trade agreement signed between Pakistani and Afghan traders for exports such as carpet yarn, vegetable oil, polythene sheets, tobacco and construction material.

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May 7, 2003

• Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. special representative for Afghanistan, told the United Nations Security Council that frequent attacks by rebels on aid workers and on Afghans as well as deadly factional clashes posed serious threats to the future of Afghanistan.
• Approximately 30 detainees (mostly Afghani, a few Pakistani) were transferred from Afghanistan to Camp X-ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Afghan Water and Power Minister Mohammed Shakir Kargar said that only 5% of Afghanistan's 25 million people had access to electricity.
• India's Border Roads Organization began construction on a highway to link Afghanistan and Iran.
• Outside a mosque in Kalacha, Afghanistan, Habibullah, a Muslim cleric close to president Hamid Karzai, was shot to death. Six people had been detained.
• Two Afghan soldiers were wounded when a bomb exploded at the residence of Haji Sher Mohammed, the governor Helmand Province.

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May 6, 2003

• In Kabul, an estimated 300 Afghan government workers and university students demonstrated against the United States, complaining that not enough had been done to rebuild the country or provide jobs and security. The protest was organized by the "Scientific Center" headed by Sediq Afghan.
• Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan, warned the United Nations Security Council that rising insecurity was a serious threat to the Afghan peace process.

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May 5, 2003

• Afghan police arrested eight militants for the May 3 murder of a driver in the Sayed Abad district of Wardak province
• The U.S. released 22 prisoners Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Information about the nationalities and the destination of those released was not given.
• Ariana Afghan Airlines made its first flight to Russia since 1996.
• In Zabul Province, Afghanistan, two deminers were wounded by gunmen.

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May 4, 2003

• Afghan Rebels fired five rockets at U.S. special forces training near Gardez. The rockets missed the soldiers by 800 yards.

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May 3, 2003

• In the Sayed Abad district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, a car belonging to the Afghan Development Agency was shot at. The driver was killed instantly and one passenger seriously wounded.

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May 2, 2003

• The United States announced the resumption of the Fulbright Program for Afghanistan. The one-year, non-degree program would start in September and allow at least twenty Afghan students to go to the United States for study and training. The Program had been suspended in 1979 following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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May 1, 2003

• The membership of Afghanistan in the International Criminal Court was scheduled to take effect. After this date, the ICC was to have the authority to investigate and prosecute serious war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity committed on Afghan soil.
• U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Afghan leader Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul. Rumsfeld also met with U.S.-coalition leader Lieutenant General Dan McNeill and toured a training base for the fledgling Afghan National Army. A senior U.S. official accompanying Rumsfeld said the U.S. was "moving out of major combat operations and...into reconstruction, stability and humanitarian relief operations." Rumsfeld's visit was a short lay over on his way from Kuwait to London.
• Speaking on television, Fazil Ahmed Manawi, the deputy chief of the Afghan Supreme Court, read a resolution made by a council of 350 Islamic scholars that urged Afghan women working outside of their homes to wear the traditional hijab. The statement also urged the government to punish publications that violated Islamic values. The council also called on the government to promote madrassas and to give the Islamic scholars, in recognition of their role in the resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a say in the government.
• Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali ordered release of 72 Pakistani prisoners and promised more would be freed soon.