Camp Marmal
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Camp Marmal | |||||||||||||||
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![]() A United StatesC-5aircraft at Mazar-e-Sharif Airport, adjacent to Camp Marmal, on 22 May 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
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Serves | Northern Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||
Location | Mazar-i-Sharif,Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||
Built | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
In use | 2005-present | ||||||||||||||
ElevationAMSL | 1,273 ft / 388 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°42′10″N067°13′40″E/ 36.70278°N 67.22778°E | ||||||||||||||
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Camp Marmalwas an installation of theAfghan Armed Forces.It was adjacent toMaulana Jalaluddin Balkhi International AirportinMazar-i-Sharif,Afghanistan,at the foot of theHindu Kushmountains. The camp was opened in September 2005. The camp gets its name from the bordering Marmal Mountains. Prior to the withdrawal of German troops, it was the largest base of theBundeswehroutsideGermany.
Camp Marmal hosted the troops ofTrain Advise Assist Command – Northbelonging to the NATOResolute Support Missionwhich succeeded theInternational Security Assistance Forcein 2014.
The base had a large medical center for the German forces, their NATO allies, and local civilians. The base supportedGerman combat operations in Afghanistan in early 2009.
History
[edit]Germany began building the site on 3 November 2005 and became operational on 2 August 2006.[1]
In June 2021, the base was handed over to the Afghan Armed Forces and the last German troops left Afghanistan.[2][3]On 15 August 2021, Taliban forces conquered the airbase from the Afghan Air Force during theTaliban's military offensiveto take over the country.[4]
Hospital
[edit]The German military hospital was completed in 2007. Its primary purpose was to provide emergency services to the RSM troops. German civilians in Afghanistan and aid workers were also served, either under contract or in cases of emergency. Local Afghans were also cared for, as capacity and means permitted.
Along with two operating units, there were specialists, outpatient clinics, intensive and intermediate care stations. The hospital, pharmacy, and laboratory had approximately 80 military personnel.
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See also
[edit]- International Security Assistance Force(ISAF)
- Provincial Reconstruction Team(PRT)
- Bagram Air Base
- List of airports in Afghanistan
References
[edit]- ^"Chronology of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan".German Armed Forces via Google Translate.Retrieved16 October2014.
- ^"Western forces pack up to end their war, Afghans" manage the consequences "".Reuters.1 July 2021.Retrieved15 August2021.
- ^Moulson, Geir; Gannon, Kathy (30 June 2021)."Most European troops exit Afghanistan quietly after 20 years".Military Times.Retrieved15 August2021.
- ^"Jalalabad also falls under the Taliban".15 August 2021. Archived fromthe originalon 26 January 2022.Retrieved18 August2021.
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