Afghanistan timeline May 2002

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.