 FRANK AUGSTEIN/AP A coffin containing the body of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan is carried off a transport jet, March 5, 2002  CNN Video: Soldiers Describe the Fighting TIME Graphic: Chinook Down The helicopter crash and the casualties |
 U.S. ground forces take the lead in the battle as the allied fighting force grows to 2,000. Seven U.S. soldiers are killed in a firefight after enemy rocket-propelled grenade fire downs an MH-47 Chinook helicopter and forces a second to land. Seven U.S. soldiers are killed. Allied Afghan fighters encounter fierce resistance from the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, whose number includes Arabs, Uzbeks and Chechens.  U.S. FORCES: Special Ops, 10th Mountain Division and 101st Airborne KEY WEAPONS: Mirage 2000, F-15 fighters, AC-130 gunships, A-10 attack planes U.S. CASUALTIES: 7 U.S. servicemen |
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