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Afghanistan Timeline September 2003Timeline of Afghan history - In Ottawa, Canada, Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Prime Minister Jean Chrtien. Reports surfaced that Canada would take over ISAF command in 2004, but Chrtien said Canada would not send any more troops to Afghanistan until its current 12-month peacekeeping mission was over.
- In Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, eight men were arrested on suspicion of smuggling boys. Afghan authorities said they had rescued 85 boys who had been abducted. They were being smuggled into Iran and into Pakistan. Children abducted in the region were sold as sex slaves or child laborers.
- NATO Secretary General George Robertson arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan to visit ISAF peacekeepers. He also met with Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim, Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali and United Nations officials.
- In the Mir Mundo area of Helmand province, Afghanistan, rebels killed seven bodyguards of Helmand Governor Sher Mohammed Akhundzada.
- In the village of Shaga, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, arsonists burned down a coed secondary school.
- Rebels fired two rockets at the U.S. base in Shkin, Paktika province, Afghanistan.
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced new political appointments to the defence ministry. Eight appointments were given to members of the Pashtun majority, including the deputy ministerial position to Major General Farooq Wardak who replaced General Bismullah Khan. Five Tajiks, four Hazaras, two Uzbeks, one Baluchi and one Nuristani were also named to new positions.
- Iran and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding on customs cooperation. The Head of Iran`s Custom Administration Masoud Karbasian and the Head of Afghanistan's Custom Administration Gholam Jilani Pupel signed the document.
- In the Taftan area, Pakistani border security forces arrested around 100 Afghans who crossed into Pakistan from Iran.
- Four Afghan policemen were killed, four were wounded and four were missing after a raid on their checkpoint 115 miles northeast of Kandahar, Zabul province. Indian contractors working for the Louis Berger Group came under small-arms fire in nearby a guest house. Two of the company's security guards were shot dead when assailants opened fire on their vehicle.
- Taliban troops mounted a surprise attack behind U.S. and Afghan army lines, killing at least eight Afghan soldiers and slightly wounding General Sayf Allah. One U.S. soldier died when his parachute failed to open.
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