Afghanistan timeline May 2002
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May 31, 2002
- In an incident of friendly fire, U.S. troops killed three of their Afghan allies during a firefight.
May 30, 2002
- Two C-130 Hercules used to airlift food to Ghor province in central Afghanistan during the winter returned to their African base. They had flown back and forth between Herat or Mashad, Iran and Ghor almost every day for five months, distributing 6,400 metric tons of food and seeds to more than 460,000 Afghans.
May 20, 2002
- Japan extended its logistics support for the U.S.-led anti-terrorism campaign in and around Afghanistan for another six months.