Timeline of Afghanistan (December 2003)

December 3, 2003

An Afghan policeman , Khodai Rahim, threw a grenade at a U.S. military vehicle in crowded market in Kandahar, insuring two U.S. soldiers, another policeman and a local bystander. One of the soldiers lost his leg. The attacker was arrested.

Warlords in northern Afghanistan handed over tanks and cannons to the Afghan National Army.

A Provincial Reconstruction Team composed of over 50 U.S. troops were deployed to Herat, Afghanistan to foster security and carry out relief projects in Herat province, Farah province, Badghis province and Ghor province.
Amnesty International said in a report that the U.S. military had not fulfilled its promise to release findings from an investigation into the deaths of two Afghan prisoners, who died while in U.S. custody at Bagram Air Base, December 3 and December 10, 2002.
Near a U.S. base at Deh Rawood in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, an Afghan National Army soldier fighting alongside U.S. forces was killed while engaged with enemy forces.
In Khost province, Afghanistan, Afghan soldiers destroyed an improvised explosive device.
U.S. troops in Shkin, Paktika province, Afghanistan, destroyed six rockets pointed at their base.