Strategic SSI - Afghanistan DAILY SITUATION REPORT 03 JULY 2010 SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES RELEVANT TO SSSI PERSONNEL AND CLIENTS Various Threat Reports were received of possible attacks in Kabul over the past few days, and the insurgent’s intent and capability to conduct attacks in the Kabul City remains elevated. There are daily Threat Reports, but the received reports are mainly generic and lacking detail. It is possible that suicide attacks and indirect fire attacks can be expected in the city, but no time frames and/or specific targets were reported. Any attack in the city can be seen as a success for the insurgents, and they will make maximum use of the propaganda value of such an attack. MAJOR COUNTRY WIDE EVENTS Attack: VBIED: BBIED: 02 Jul, Kunduz Province, Kunduz City, Ariana Hotel area, DAI Office, at 03h45 a complex attack was launched against the DAI Guesthouse in Kunduz City Attack: 3 Jul, Uruzgan Prov, Shahidi Hassas Distr, Regak Bridge, at 03h53, insurgents deployed on three separate positions equipped with mortars, RPGs, PKMs and Small Arms Privileged and Confidential 1 This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited without the explicit approval from StrategicSSI Management. Strategic SSI - Afghanistan Threat Reports Received Last 5 Days BOLO: 01 Jul, Herat Insurgency: BOLO: 29 Jun, Insurgency: BOLO: 29 Jun, Province, insurgent Paktya Province, Gardez District, Paktya Province, Gardez District, commander is coordinating Gardez – Khost Highway, Km 0-30 Gardez – Khost Highway, Km101 an attack targeting Herat City VBIED threat. IED threat. ANP HQ utilizing five stolen ANP Ranger trucks with twelve BBIEDs. BOLO: 01 Jul, Herat Province, Shindand District, insurgents suicide attackers operating in a silver Corolla type vehicle in the Jambaran area intend to move to Herat City to carry out suicide attacks. 28 Jun: Kandahar District: Kandahar Province, possible suicide attacks on the Kandahar Airfield with secondary target being the KRDC. Reportedly a Toyota Surf with the registration numbers of 95345 or 9543 might be used INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR PERIOD 01 JULY TO 03. JULY 2010 Privileged and Confidential 2 This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited without the explicit approval from StrategicSSI Management. Strategic SSI - Afghanistan Killed and Wounded, Captured and Arrested as per the reporting’s of the SSSI DSR. (Kindly note that these are from the SSSI DSR and are not official statistics and may differ from those released by ISAF or other agencies and organisations.) Coalition Military Fatalities by Year and Month Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 12 2002 10 12 14 10 1 3 0 3 1 6 1 8 69 2003 4 7 12 2 2 7 2 4 2 6 8 1 57 2004 11 2 3 3 9 5 2 4 4 8 7 2 60 2005 2 3 6 19 4 29 2 33 12 10 7 4 131 2006 1 17 13 5 17 22 19 29 38 17 9 4 191 2007 2 18 10 20 25 24 29 34 24 15 22 9 232 2008 14 7 20 14 23 46 30 46 37 19 12 27 295 2009 25 25 28 14 27 38 76 77 70 74 32 35 521 2010 43 53 39 34 51 102 4 0 0 0 0 0 326 SECURITY INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR PERIOD 01 JULY TO 03 JULY 2010 CENTRAL REGION Privileged and Confidential 3 This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited without the explicit approval from StrategicSSI Management. Strategic SSI - Afghanistan Success: Arrest: 30 June, Kabul Province, Musayi District, at 23h30 ANP arrested a suspected insurgent during an IM/ANSF operation. Ambush: 01 Jul, Ghazni Province, Gelan District, ANA and CF were ambushed by insurgents. No casualties reported. Success: Arrest: 01 Jul, Ghazni Province, Ghazni City, ANP were ambushed by insurgents in the Qala Jawz area. One insurgent wounded and arrested. Success: Arrest: 29 Jun, Parwan Province, Ghorband / Siahgird District, ANP arrested an insurgents commander during an IM/ANP operation. IDF Attack: 30 Jun, Kapisa Province, Tagab District, DAC, at 04h50 two rockets impacted in an open area near the DAC causing no casualties. Success: IED Find: 29 Jun, Logar Province, Baraki Barak District, Qarya-i-Shaki area, at 14h00 ANP located two IEDs on a district road and defused the devices. IDF Attack: 29 Jun, Logar Province, Baraki Barak District, at 17h00 two rockets impacted in an open area near the DAC, no casualties reported. Attack: 01 Jul, Logar Province, Baraki Barak District, insurgents attacked a District ANA checkpoint. One ANA killed. IED: 01 Jul, Logar Province, Puli Alam Centre, an ANP vehicle was hit by an IED on the Puli Alam – Khoshi District road. One ANP killed and three others wounded in the incident. Ambush: 01 Jul, Logar Province, Muhammad Aghah District, Qala-I-Ahmadza’i area, at 00h30 insurgents ambushed an IM/ANA patrol on the Kabul – Logar highway. No casualties reported. Attack: 01 Jul, Uruzgan Province, Shahidi Hassas District, Regak Bridge, at 12h00, insurgents deployed on three separate positions equipped with mortars, RPGs, PKMs and Small Arms, attacked both the Afghan Security Guard check point situated approximately 1,3 km North West of the Regak bridge site on road stretching between the Regak Bridge and the IM base, as well as fired harassing fire towards the International Construction Company’s Security team deployed at the Regak Bridge Head. No casualties reported. Attack: 3 Jul, Uruzgan Prov, Shahidi Hassas Distr, Regak Bridge, at 03h53, insurgents deployed on three separate positions equipped with mortars, RPGs, PKMs and Small Arms, attacked both the Afghan Security Guard checkpoint situated approximately 1,3 km North West of the Regak bridge site on road stretching between the Regak Bridge and the IM base, as well as fired harassing fire towards the International Construction Company’s Security team deployed at the Regak Bridge Head. During this attack, two ASG members sustained superficial injuries and were treated at the IM base. IDF Attack: 28 June, Wardak Province, Chak-E Wardak District, DAC, at around 18h00 DAC came under insurgents rocket attack. No casualties reported. IDF Attack: 29 June, Wardak Province, Nerkh District, DAC, two rockets impacted near the DAC. Two locals wounded. Privileged and Confidential 4 This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited without the explicit approval from StrategicSSI Management. Strategic SSI - Afghanistan Ambush: 29 June, Wardak Province, Sayidabad District, Shashgow area, at 11h00, insurgents ambushed one PSC convoy on the ring road and burned out one vehicle. Three PSC members wounded. IED: 30 June, Wardak Province, Maidan Shahr Centre, Hafizullah Street, at 09h30 one ANA patrol vehicle was hit by an IED on a sub-road. Five ANA wounded. Attack: 30 June, Wardak Province, Maidan Shahr Centre, Sangshowe area, at 15h30 insurgents shot and killed one ANP member. Success: Cache Find: 30 June, Wardak Province, Maidan Shahr Centre, Kashkak area, an IM/ANP force confiscated four AT mines, two machineguns, one AK47 rifle, one Handgun, 54 mortar bombs, one box of assorted ammo and two kg of explosives during a search operation. WESTERN REGION Attack: 30 Jun, Faryab Province, Kohistan District, An ANSF team was attacked with small arms during a mission to investigate reports of recent inter-tribal fighting in the area of Gorzan Village. The team ascertained that the recent fighting may have been orchestrated by insurgents and had resulted in some of the villagers joining local insurgent cells. After the ANSF team left the area, insurgents arrived at the village and set fire to some of the homes owned by people who had met with the ANSF team. No casualties reported. Miscellaneous: Herat Province, Islam Qala District, Salah Abad area, the Iranian government has built several base camps in the vicinity of the Afghanistan Border over the last year. Source reported several Iranian camps have approx (100) workers and engineers actively enhancing the mentioned camps. Anti aircraft weapons and armoured vehicles have been observed in the mentioned camps. Insurgency: Mobilization: Herat Province, Herat City, an insurgent commander held a meeting in Kishk Kohna District requesting other insurgent commanders to recruit locals. BOLO: 01 Jul, Herat Province, insurgent commander is coordinating an attack targeting Herat City ANP HQ utilizing five stolen ANP Ranger trucks with twelve BBIEDs. Privileged and Confidential 5 This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited without the explicit approval from StrategicSSI Management.