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This is a list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) installations in Afghanistan used during the War in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. This list encompasses installations used by the International Security Assistance Force from 2001 to 2014 and then by the Resolute Support Mission after 2014.
Some speculate that since the airport was designed as a military base, it is likely that the United States intended to use it in case there was a war between the United States and the former USSR. While the Americans were busy building the Kandahar Airport, the Soviets were busy in the north, building the Kabul Airport. [13] [14] [15]
It is the home of AAF 2nd Wing. Kandahar has been a major center for American and Canadian forces and in mid-2009 underwent a major build-up of US/Coalition forces. Bagram Air Base: Charikar, Parwan Province: Established in the 1950s, Bagram is the largest military air base in Afghanistan.
Forward operating base (FOB) Rhino, also known as Camp Rhino, was a U.S. military base located in the Registan Desert of Afghanistan, 100 nautical miles (190 km) southwest of Kandahar. It was the first U.S. land base established in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and was in use from November 2001 to January 2002.
Camp Nathan Smith was a former Canadian and later American military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan.Originally, it was an abandoned fruit factory. In November 2003, the site was reconstructed by US Army soldiers of C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The Independent has analysed images from Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Khost and Ghazni which show Humvees, along with other military and heavy vehicles such as rangers and army tracks that were given ...
Forward Operating Base Sarkari Karez was a foreign military base in Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. [1] [2] The base was initially established, secured and named by the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry "Ramrods" in 2008.
In early 2006, Canada's contribution to Operation Archer increased to approximately 2300 personnel. [4] The then-designated Task Force Afghanistan also included a Canadian-led multinational brigade headquarters, designated Task Force Aegis, and Canadian battle group designated Task Force Orion centred on 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI). [5]