Tuesday, November 19: The newest U.N. refugee camp of Zhare Dasht was criticized as being too remote, overcrowded and dangerously close to a mine field. Forces Gain Edge in Afghan Attack,, Diggers in heavy Afghan fighting, Australian Associated Press (AAP) via. A reasonable fighter pilot would have egressed the area, but that doesn't mean Maj. Schmidt and Maj. Umbach were reckless. Thursday, March 21: UNICEF completed a "Back to school" project, providing thousands of basic packs for the schools, students and teachers in Afghanistan. Unexpectedly Stiff Resistance Meets Coalition Forces Mount in Attack on Al-Qaida and Taliban, AP, 5 March 2002. 8 U.S. troops are missing after making the discovery. . Some British politicians are calling for the Army to form a new regiment from the commandos, hundreds of whom are . In November 2002, a Danish-German report would conclude that the explosives experts did not follow safety regulations while disarming two of the missiles. The Pentagon is sending 3,000 troops - including two Marine Corps battalions - to Afghanistan to support the evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Friday, November 8: Iran called for the second time in less than two weeks for Kabul to respect a water-sharing accord on the Helmand river flowing from Afghanistan into Iran. Wednesday, March 6: A blast killed two German and three Danish soldiers as they defused a Soviet-made SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles near the airport in Kabul. According to Joint Staff briefer U.S. Air Force Brigadier General John Rosa, the helicopter was hit by machine-gun and RPG fire and either crash-landed or experienced a hard landing.20 Six soldiers were killed and five wounded in subsequent firefights, since the valley suddenly swarmed with enemy troops. The ceremony, which lasted about 15 minutes, was attended by cabinet ministers, diplomats and former president Burhanuddin Rabbani. After 13 years, CIA honors Green Beret killed on secret Afghanistan mission. But local Pashtuns have complained his forces have looted and oppressed them. . Lieutenant General Bruce Carlson found Schmidt guilty of dereliction of duty in what the U.S. military calls a "non-judicial hearing" before a senior officer. Brigadier General Duncan Lewis, commander of the Australian Armys special operations forces, told the press that about 100 Special Air Service (SAS) commandos had been inserted into remote observation points atop mountains near the towns of Marzak and Sher Khan Khel. Wednesday, January 9: Seven U.S. Marines were killed when their plane hit a mountain while landing in Pakistan. Daniel L. Douville, 33, of Harvey, Louisiana, assigned to the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida , died June 26 in Helmand Province . 4 mccll/pad/v7_0 7 First Lieutenant Charles Thompson and his 10th Mountain troops secured a small al-Qaeda compound before a platoon-size force hit them by surprise south of the compound, the direction from which Zias troops were supposed to have been moving. Thursday, September 5: A car bomb was detonated in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, killing more than 30 Afghans. Ibid., 6. One grenade bounced off the helicopter and did not explode, but apparently the small arms fire damaged the helicopters hydraulic system.17 The Chinook managed to fly a short distance before making a forced landing. Schmidt's testimony at his Article 32 hearing was that he believed his flight leader, Umbach, was under attack. ", "US pilots face trial for Canadian "friendly fire" deaths in Afghanistan", "Military releases names of 'friendly fire' victims", Air Force scientists battle aviator fatigue, "2002 Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother Mrs. Doreen Coolen", "Here Is What Canada's Kandahar PRT Camp Nathan Smith Looks Like Today", "2004 Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother - Mrs. Agatha Dyer", "Fallen soldiers honoured during emotional ceremony on Edmonton bridge", "2005 Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother Mrs. Claire Lger", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarnak_Farm_incident&oldid=1108980942. Karzai reopened the Afghan embassy. January 314: U.S. aircraft bombed a suspected Taliban complex in eastern Afghanistan. Thursday, December 12: The Afghan Cable Center in Jalalabad, which had been broadcasting more than 20 foreign television channels, was closed down by a special decision of the Afghanistan Supreme Court presided over by chief justice Mowlawi Fazl Hadi Shinwari. The border guard was taken into custody. Afghan officials characterized it as a "mistake". Another 300 U.S. troops were brought into the battle from a U.S. helicopter base at Kandahar. Weve killed several hundred of them, but they just keep coming. A head count showed that all but one of the team had managed to escape aboard the heavily damaged helicopter. . In the first three months of the campaign, 15 U.S. personnel died. Two Boards of Inquiry, one Canadian and one American, were held simultaneously. 03/25/2021. Monday, November 25 A 15-man U.S. special forces patrol seized a large cache of heavy weapons and armored vehicles near Bamyan. Back in 2001-2002, Bronzi said, he was an instructor at the Infantry Officer Course and participated in the then "Project Metropolis" experiments. Teams then moved through homes, pulling clothing from trunks, opening bins of flour and cutting plaster from walls to look for hidden compartments. [15] Camp Nathan Smith in Afghanistan was named after him. Nor were we ever advised while airborne by the AWACS command and control platform, or any calls on the Guard frequency, that there was a live-fire exercise ongoing anywhere in the war zone. The unit, based out of Camp Lejeune, consisted of three infantry companies, a weapons company, and a headquarters and services company. . Hagenbeck, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) News Conference, Tampa, FL, 4 March 2002. One soldier told the press that Zia punked out on us. Only small juniper trees grow on the mountain slopes. Monday, February 4: Yacine Akhnouche and two others were arrested near Paris. Saturday, November 9: U.S. helicopters broke up a gun battle between Kuchis and local government forces over a land dispute. The Afghans vowed to deploy 5,000 members of the new Afghan army corps to Helmand, to be partnered by British and later by US troops in 2010. Leger, Cpl. Two unarmed men were briefly questioned then released. Saturday, November 23: Nine white phosphorus rockets were fired at a U.S. base near Lwara, Afghanistan, 178km southwest of Kabul, at about 10:30 pm. January 29. Major General F.L. Several arrests were made. Japan also added a transport ship (carrying bulldozers and other heavy equipment for construction of airfields) to other Japanese vessels already taking part in the campaign. . Sends Troops Back to Base, NYT, 11 March 2002. The Board further concluded that correcting deficiencies in air coordination and control and tactical planning might have prevented the accident: " as much as the F-16 pilots bear final responsibility for the fratricide incident, there existed other systemic shortcomings in air coordination and control procedures, as well as mission planning practices by the tactical flying units, that may have prevented the accident had they been corrected."[5]. Eight people were wounded. Sig Christenson covers the military and been with the Express-News since 1997. As an "infantry-centric force", each ANA corps is supposed to have three brigades which in turn are to consist of three light infantry kandaks (Dari for 'battalions'), one combat support (CS) kandak and 4 Ibid., 6. Witnesses claimed that Dostum jailed and tortured witnesses to prevent them from testifying in a war crimes case. Next to be withdrawn was the 10th Mountain force. In a separate incident, another child in Kabul picked up a butterfly mine which blew off his hand. Wednesday, September 11: U.S. troops in Bagram wound a gunman who opened fire on a guard tower. . Army A U.S. Special Forces soldier on patrol in Kandahar Province. I take exception to those folks who complain about what these people have done to get us to this point in the battlefield. The clash seemed like a last, defiant gesture. The forces were helping an Afghan policeman who had been fired on when two attackers in civilian clothing opened fire on the U.S. forces with, Eight people fired on U.S. special forces 2 miles (3km) north of, U.S. paratroopers swept through four areas in northeast of, Unidentified attackers fired four rockets toward the U.S. airfield in. I would not downplay the possibility that forces that moved into this area got into a heck of a firefight at some point that they did not anticipate. I had to make that decision with what I now know, with the acuity of 20/20 hindsight, was imperfect information My perception was that we had been ambushed, as we had been briefed that Taliban were expected to use ambush tactics in and around Kandahar. Second Lieutenant Christopher Blaha, who inscribed the names of two of his friends lost on 11 September on all his hand grenades, radioed in an air strike while his 1/87th rifle platoon returned fire on the enemy mortar position about 2,500 meters away. Private Green's mother, Doreen Coolen, was chosen by the Royal Canadian Legion to be the Silver Cross Mother for the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa in 2002. Troop levels. United States Special Forces killed a giant in Kandahar in 2002, and the government is trying to cover it up. Sunday, January 27: U.S. Special forces backed a local Afghan militia attack which killed 6 Al-Qaeda personnel held up in a hospital in Kandahar. October 7, 2001: On the same day that the United States begins operations against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Canada announces that it is prepared to contribute sea, land and air forces to America's Operation Enduring Freedom under the Canadian operation named OP APOLLO. A list of notable incidents in Afghanistan during 2003 March 1: Two Afghan government soldiers were wounded in a blast in Kandahar. forces step up attacks; Paul Haven, Army: Major Anaconda Fighting Over,, Abdul Mateen Hassankheil quoted in Charles Clover, Afghan rivalries blamed for US defeat,, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, Retreat of Afghan Allies Forced G.I.s to Take Lead in Fighting,, Jonathan Ewing, Mud, Cold and Shells: A Trench-Level View of the War in Afghanistan,, Gerry J. Gilmore, Anaconda Battle Plan Sound, Franks Says,, Hauser and Millership, Mountain battle ranges.. Three New Zealand soldiers are injured when their vehicle hit a land mine near Farah. I was pretty scared because I didnt feel no pain. . Resources. An unidentified Special Forces officer noted that the majority of the new forces were Pushtun and that their commanders had dropped old rivalries for the larger goal of eliminating the last of the al-Qaeda and Taliban pockets.41 On 10 March, the officer estimated that between 100 to 200 al-Qaeda forces remained in the valley and that U.S. forces were not approaching the most dangerous part of the war but were in it. The Afghan National Army (ANA) is divided into five combat Corps. Last edited on 7 September 2022, at 08:20, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, "GO FLIGHT MEDICINE - Tarnak Farm - Reckless Pilots, Speed, or Fog of War? Russia had provided economic and food aid to Afghanistan during 2002, and Ivanov committed to increasing that aid. "This was a monster, with a red beard and his hair was long-ish past his shoulders. Hagenbeck, commander of the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, led the major effort to clean out remaining al-Qaeda fighters and their Taliban al lies in the Shah-i-Khot . Saturday, February 23: Two rockets are fired at the U.S. base in Kandahar, but don't inflict any damage.[3]. Headquarters, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division was first constituted and organized in 1921 as Headquarters, 198th Infantry Brigade, 98th Division at Albany, NY. Silver Cross Mother Proud of Son Nathan's Accomplishments. You dont want to take too many combat losses yourself. Tuesday, February 12: Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai warned warlords to remove their check posts and chains on roads. In other words, if Maj. Schmidt suddenly woke up at 14,000 feet (4,300m) and four nautical miles (7km) away from the mystery fire, it would be reasonable to drop a bomb in self-defense. The number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan in 2021 amounted to 13 from the Western coalition, as of October 2021. To western journalists the T-55 tanks and BMP-1 personnel carriers of General Muhammad Nasims command looked like a moving museum. Thursday, November 21: A large quantity of explosives was found by Afghan police in the generator room of the Sarobi Dam in Kabul, averting a possible sabotage attack. , and this plan changed 180 degrees.54, At a 6 March Pentagon press conference, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that other than very brave people being involved, this has nothing to do with Mogadishu, and the individual who was killed; his body has been retrieved, and so too have the wounded. I will always regret what happened that night. They returned fire, then called for air support while making their escape. The radio logs show that Schmidt requested permission from flight control to fire his 20mm cannons at what he said to be an anti-aircraft or Multiple Launch Rocket System below. Tuesday, November 5: A rocket or mortar was fired at a U.S. Army Special Forces base in Gardez, but caused no injuries. It makes them no less noble, no less brave, no less willing to get out and engage our common enemy, and General Zia has, make no mistake about it. 187TH INFANTRY, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION 19 March 2003 to 22 October 2003 Served during one of the following times of military conflict: Afghanistan - September 18, 2001, through end of hostilities. Scattered groups, numbering as many as 20 members, including some family members, holed up in a 3,000-yearold complex of mountain tunnels, caves, and crannies. CSM (Unknown) Frank quoted in John F. Burns, Saying Battle is Reaching End, U.S. Thus considering all of the circumstances, the disclosures at issue were clearly warranted."[13]. The history of the 101st Airborne Division was activated began on 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Canadian Brigadier-General M.J. Dumais was specialist advisor to the Canadian board and co-chair of the American board. One of the soldiers lost consciousness and the other suffered cuts to a hand. Thomson, USA) - Bagram Airfield; U.S. national support element TF Dragon Slayer / 5-5 Air Defense Artillery (USA) - Bagram Airfield; counter-rocket and -mortar mission at bases countrywide 12 32nd Light Infantry Battalion (Georgia) - Bagram Airfield and Kabul; base security 13 TF EOD / 184th Ordnance Battalion (Lt. Col. Keith Rowsey . Allied special operations troops were tasked to block known routes of escape from the south and southwest, conduct reconnaissance, and call in air strikes. Elements of the U.S. Armys 10th Mountain and 101st Airborne Divisions were to set up blocking positions to support Afghan allies as they swept through the villages and dislodged al-Qaeda forces. 2002. . Saturday, February 16: The first attack on International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers since their initial deployment in Afghanistan on December 22, 2001, occurred when a post in Kabul came under attack before dawn. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff. U.S. Marine Corps Major Ralph Mills said Roberts died of a bullet wound after surviving a fall from the helicopter. Wednesday, March 27: A U.S. soldier is killed by a mine outside of Kandahar. An official website of the United States government, New Extended Battlefield - Multi-Domain Operations, France 44: The Wet Gap Crossings at Nancy, Battles of the Korean War Virtual Staff Rides, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. During the Article 32 hearing, five F-16 pilots testified, including one who had led the US Board of Inquiry. Their Afghan interpreter also was injured. We cant expect them to be. Tuesday, November 26: Several rockets slammed into the eastern edge of Kabul overnight, landing several miles from a base of the international peacekeepers. Gunmen fired at the U.S. base near the central Afghan city of. He took a couple of mortar rounds and took off.50 The soldiers had respect for the enemy: Theyre a helluva lot more fancy than people give them credit for. [27], Wednesday October 23 Mortar fire is directed at a U.S. encampment in Asadabad.[28]. He would like feedback from veterans of Operation Anaconda and can be contacted at acarlg@aol.com. Wednesday, November 13: 2,000 students assembled outside the gates of Kabul University, refusing to attend lessons until their demands for improved accommodation and justice for those who died in recent protests were met. Wednesday, April 17: Two U.S. pilots, Majors Harry Schmidt and William Umbach, returning from a 10-hour patrol, at more than 15,000 feet, spotted surface-to-air fire and feared it was from Taliban forces. I was called upon to make a perfect decision in a rapidly unfolding combat environment. Dyer, Pte. Two of Zias men were killed and 24 were wounded. The U.S. was assisting in the creation of the army. "I am rolling in in self-defense", he said. Fritsche joined the Army in 2002, soon after graduating from high school, and was promoted to sergeant in April 2005. Ashline later told the press, For a couple of seconds, ev erything was . Meanwhile, a joint unit from the Army and Air Force . Charlie Company was also under fire from an al-Qaeda military compound about 200 meters from where they had landed. I think well see it in the future.56, Perhaps enemy commander Maulvi Saifurrahman Mansoor, who was up in the mountains, inadvertently best described the battles outcome when he said that al-Qaeda fighters would continue to wage jihad until our last breath against the Americans for the glory of Islam and for the defense of our country.57 MR. Adam Geibel is the S2 of the 5/117 Cavalry Squadron, 42d Infantry Division, New Jersey Army National Guard. Arknouche told police he had met suspected shoe bomber Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui at a training camp in Afghanistan in 2000. One soldier suffered an eye injury and the other a leg injury. The night curfew in Kabul was lifted for the first time in 23 years. Friday, December 27: In the Gardez District of Afghanistan, five people were killed and six wounded when guests at a wedding party fired a rocket propelled grenade into the air, only to have it land nearby and explode. The attackers fired two rockets into school buildings in villages near the town of Maidan Shah, demolishing classroom walls and setting the buildings on fire. In the summer of 2016, several personalities and web sites . During March 2002, the U.S. airlifted 1700 troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia to take on between 300 and 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters Marc Leger, Cpl. Sgt. the blasts occurred late Monday in the vicinity of bases housing most of the troops from the 22-nation contingent. A bus carried soldiers of the brigade, based at Fort Carson, Colo., to board a . The terrain is rugged, and the peaks have many spurs and ridges. Monday, June 24: U.S. forces fire mortars and call in close air support after coming under rocket fire near Jalalabad. Some training at Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Bridgeport is recommended for units deploying to those areas. 's Scour Old Qaeda Base, but Find Little", "DefenseLink News Article: Enemy Forces Fire on U.S. As another unnamed senior officer rightly observed, No tactical plan ever survives the first encounter with the enemy. Monday, November 11: A team of representatives of the Afghan Human Rights Commission and the U.N. was dispatched to the north to look into the reports that witnesses of mass killings were being harassed, detained, tortured and executed. Published Aug 31, 2016. Thursday, November 7: Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai ordered the release of 20 female prisoners in a goodwill gesture one day after the start of the holy month of Ramadan. Nov. 11, 2009. U.S. Special Forces teams were with each Afghan general to help coordinate operations. They also had two blocking positions, one in a canyon running from the southeast of the valley and one running directly south.8. [18], August 1826: During Operation Mountain Sweep, 2,000 U.S. and Afghan troops detain 10 suspects, they come under fire twice but sustain no casualties. . 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. In all, the military is sending three infantry battalionsabout 3,000 troops to Afghanistan. Wednesday, February 6: In attempts to bring peace between feuding warlords, Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai visited Herat. Monday, February 25: The first units of a new Afghan army started training in Kabul. May 2002: Combined Joint Task Force 180 becomes the most senior U.S. military headquarters in the country.. Wednesday, 1 May 2002, A U.S. Green Beret was wounded near Bagram. Wednesday, November 20 Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia would begin withdrawing its 150 commandos from Afghanistan later that month. [4], Monday, April 15: Operation Mountain Lion began in the Gardez and Khost regions.[5]. When allied troops searched the snow-covered mountains for caves and other signs of al-Qaeda fighters, they found several 57-millimeter recoilless rifles, an 82-millimeter mortar, some documents, and night-vision goggles identical to U.S. models. Kathy Gannon, Hundreds of Fighters Mass at Front Line for Final Push on Al-Qaida Caves, AP, 11 March 2002. Just to the north of Marzak, a platoon-size element guarded a larger canyon that ran east out of the valley. Once they sit down, D'Angelo turns to the new guy, Pvt. Initial wire service reports were vague and confusing since few reporters accompanied the troops into combat. Tens of thousands of cattle and other livestock perished in the ensuing drought. Theyre not an American military force. 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment is a Basic Combat Training unit under the. Afghanistan's former Taliban government had used the Kabul stadium for public executions and other harsh punishment to enforce its fundamentalist version of Islamic rules. Activated in 1915, as the 173rd Infantry Brigade, the unit saw service in World War II but is best known for its actions during the Vietnam War. One man was found dead and five hurt. Persian Gulf - August 2, 1990, through end of hostilities. The two most significant zones were code-named Objectives Remington and Ginger. In the south, intelligence units estimated that their two positions would possibly have to contain the most terrorist exfiltrators. Harrison (Brandon) Morgan is an active duty Army infantry officer. Time and time again, the 101st has kept that rendezvous and in so doing, acquired a proud history. While flying at 23,000 feet (7,000m), they reported surface-to-air fire. About 100 armedAfghan men fled the site as the soldiers approached the cache. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would "take care of this issue personally.". When the enemy reemerged to taunt the U.S. soldiers, the mortar rounds detonated over their heads and sprayed them with shrapnel. As . A U.S. soldier is shot by sniper near Lwara. Friday, February 8: Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai agreed to cooperate on a proposed Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline project to transport natural gas from Central Asia to Pakistan via Afghanistan. To date, Afghanistan's national army had only 1,000 men. units of the Armed Forces of the United States for exceptionally meritorious service in pursuit of . Khan denied that he had misled the United States and insisted that everyone in Gardez making accusations against him were al-Qaeda. Wednesday, December 11: U.S. forces fire mortars near the Pakistani border after coming under rocket attack.[30]. Steven Quayle spoke of an occurrence, still classified by the US Government, in his popular Radio Show "Coast to Coast": the events allegedly happened in 2002 on a desert part of the Afghanistan, when a U.S. Army squad went missing. Major General Stephen T. Sargeant: A reasonable pilot never would have believed that the fire on the ground was a threat to his flight. Franks simply modified the Tora Bora tactics and sent in U.S.trained Afghans to block escape routes and do the fighting, only committing relatively large numbers of U.S. ground troops when Afghan allies ran into problems. Wednesday, February 13: The United States Congress stepped in to find nearly $300m in humanitarian and reconstruction funds for Afghanistan after the Bush administration failed to request any money in the latest budget. April 17, 2016 at 6:19 p.m. EDT. I finally communicated to bossman that I was engaging in self-defence because my flight lead was at risk of being shot down. Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Viets: Rolling in would be a reasonable response because Maj. Schmidt was reasonable to believe that he was already in the threat envelope of a rocket-based weapons system. Surrounding the . Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders must have smelled blood, because the shift in U.S. tactics drew masses of them out of hiding and into combat. US-led troops locked in fierce fight with al-Qaeda remnants,, Gerry J. Gilmore, U.S. These guys were good with mortars.51, Noting that Afghan units had an insufficient force ratio but that they recovered from a serious mortar attack to take several key positions, one unnamed Special Forces colonel defended Zia: The forces [Afghans] put together are different from our American military force. 5. Support Platoon Leader Captain David Mayo of the 1/182d Infantry Regiment and his group provided security for the command and control element and conducted reconnaissance of potential resupply landing zones for the operation. Fight and fall back. Tuesday, December 10: A second prisoner died (the first one dying on December 3) at the makeshift prison in the United States compound at an Afghan base north of Kabul. Japan extended its logistics support for the U.S.-led anti-terrorism campaign in and around Afghanistan for another six months. The flag had been originally approved by the 1964 constitution as Afghanistan's national emblem but had not flown over government offices in Kabul since the Taliban took over in the early 1990s. The battalions, one Army and two Marine, are already in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, and they are expected to arrive in Kabul within "24 to 48 hours," Kirby said. Friday, August 23: The Czech Defense Ministry announced that some of the Czech troops currently stationed in Kuwait will be deployed in Afghanistan at the request of allies. [13], Thursday, July 12: A U.S. compound in Tarin Kowt comes under small arms fire but no casualties are reported.[14]. Police fired into the air and used water cannons to break up the march. Items of concern included military operations, landmines, banditry, armed rivalry among political and tribal groups. July 1, 2005 / 7:16 AM / CBS/AP. . When the operation began, Zia ran into trouble. As the armor column reached the battle zone on 9 March, driving winds and snow forced al-Qaeda holdouts to retreat into their caves. The Mail Star (November 10, 2003). You save your resources from attrition to make sure you stay in power when its all over.46 Hagen-beck and Wiercinski said they did not know Zias experience or background, but commanders who had worked with Zia before had spoken highly of him.47, Other U.S. officers theorized that someone leaked the plan of attack to the enemy. The U.S. Congress passed legislation that calls for $2.3 billion over four years in reconstruction funds for Afghanistan, plus another $1 billion to expand the, Nine 107mm rockets were fired at the U.S. military base near, Two rockets were fired at the U.S. airfield near. When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they violated the 1972 accord, with devastating results in Iran's impoverished Sistan-Baluchestan border region. Sunday, May 19: A U.S. Special forces soldier is killed in a firefight near Skhin, Paktia province.. Monday, May 20: Japan extended its logistics support for the U.S.-led anti-terrorism campaign in and around Afghanistan . In Kabul, two Afghan children were killed when they picked up an unexploded mortar in the eastern part of the city. Senior Airman Jason Cunningham darted out of the helicopter several times to pull others to safety and was hit by machine-gun fire while treating the wounded.21. The Task Force's presence allowed the Haitian legislature to reopen on 28 . Perhaps one of the most spectacular strange creature reports in the Middle East of all is a case detailed by reporter and researcher L.A. Marzulli in his series The Watchers, of a United States Special Forces unit that allegedly not only sighted, but also engaged and killed what can only be described as an actual giant in Afghanistan. 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