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Soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division conduct a sweep of homes Saturday Nov. 2, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan. In a stable, they found 115 107 mm rockets - the same kind that are shot almost daily at the U.S. bases. They also found 14 rocket-propelled grenades, land mines, detonators, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, some of it armor-piercing. Five people were detained for further questioning.(AP Photo/Scott Nelson,Getty Images)

Colonel David Gerard of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division explains the purpose of a two-day sweep of homes to local Afghan men Sunday Nov. 3, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan

A soldier from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division counts more than one hundred 107mm rockets found Saturday Nov. 2, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan during a sweep.

Soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division search haystacks after finding hidden weapons among them during a sweep of homes Saturday Nov. 2, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan

Soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division remove confiscated rockets from a home Sunday Nov. 3, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan

An local dog tries to bite a soldier from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne as his squad conducts a sweep of homes Saturday Nov. 2, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan (

A soldier from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne guards an Afghan elder as troops conduct a sweep of homes Saturday Nov. 2, 2002 in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan

Feyzabad, Afghanistan — A U.S. military Chinook helicopter stands ready to receive medical supplies and whooping cough vaccine donated by the World Health Organization. U.S. officials approved a request by the organization to carry three doctors and enough vaccine to treat 2,000 people to Badhakshan Province, in northern Afghanistan, where an outbreak of whooping cough had claimed the lives of between 70 and 200 children. Two doctors were from the Afghan Ministry of Public Health and one was from the Aga Khan Development FoundationTreating the children was complicated by the fact that travel takes three days by horse or mule to get over the mountains to the affected area. The only other way in is via helicopter and the altitude is such that most helicopters can’t fly that high because the air is too thin to provide lift capabilities. The affected region is 15,000 feet above sea level. Going over the mountains by pack animal was out of the question simply because the vaccine becomes inert after being un-refrigerated for more than 48 hours. Photo by SPC Marie Schult

Feyzabad, Afghanistan — U.S. soldiers help Afghan medical officials load medical supplies and whooping cough vaccine onto a U.S. Chinook helicopter. The U.S. military carried doctors and the vaccine to the Badhakshan Province to treat children affected by an outbreak of whooping cough. Photo by SPC Marie Schult

Feyzabad, Afghanistan — A U.S. Army helicopter crew member walks across an airfield to help Afghan medical officials unload medical supplies bound for the Badhakshan Province in Afghanistan where an outbreak of whooping cough had claimed the lvies of between 70 and 200 children. Photo by SPC Marie Schult

Badhakshan, Afghanistan — Villagers in northern Afghanistan come out to watch a U.S. Army Chinooks land near a river to drop off doctors from the Aga Khan Development Network who are in the region to vaccinate children there of whooping cough. Photo by SPC Marie Schult

Badhakshan, Afghanistan — Villagers in northern Afghanistan watch a U.S. Army Chinooks land near a river to drop off doctors from the Aga Khan Development Network who are in the region to vaccinate children there of whooping cough. Photo by SPC Marie Schult

Badhakshan, Afghanistan — Afghan doctors stand near their medical supplies and boxes of whooping cough vaccine after a U.S. Army Chinook brought them to the region to enable them to treat the children there. Photo by SPC Marie Schult