Arabs associated with Abu Laith al-Libi who needed a Pashto translator during their stay in Khost. According to the April 2007 charges from the military commission, Khadr received "one-on-one" weapons training in June 2002, and his visits to his mother and sister became less frequent. Firefight and capture Starting in February 2002, American soldiers used an abandoned Soviet airbase in Khost, Afghanistan, as an intelligence-gathering outpost, with the goal of gaining the trust of the local community. In the early morning of July 27, 2002, a team made up of the 19th Special Forces Group, the 505th Infantry Regiment and about twenty Afghan fighters associated with Pacha Khan Zadran, were sent to a house on a reconnaissance mission. While at the house, a report came in that a monitored satellite phone had recently been used within 300–600 metres of the unit's location, and seven soldiers were sent to investigate the origin of the call. Led by Major Randy Watt, the group included XO Captain Mike Silver, Sgt Christopher Speer, Layne Morris and Master Sgt. Scotty Hansen, the last three from the 19th Special Forces Group; Spc. Christopher J. Vedvick from the 505th, and his fire team. The men arrived at a residential complex with earthen huts and a granary, surrounded by a stone wall with a metal gate approximately 100 metres from the main hut. Seeing five men described as "well-dressed" in the main residence with AK-47s nearby, there is dispute whether the Americans approached and told the occupants to open the front door or set up a perimeter around the complex. In the end, the team waited approximately 45 minutes for support to arrive. By that time a crowd of about 100 local Afghans had gathered around the area to observe the operation. An Afghan militiaman was sent toward the house to demand the surrender of the occupants, but retreated under gunfire. Reinforcements from the 3rd Platoon of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 505th Infantry Regiment arrived under the command of Captain Christopher W. Cirino, bringing the total number of soldiers to about fifty. Two more Afghans were sent to speak with the residents, and they returned and reported that the men claimed to be Pashtun villagers. The Americans told them to return and say the Americans wanted to search their house regardless of their affiliation. When the militiamen shared this information, the occupants of the hut opened fire, shooting