Camp Shorabak

Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) is a former British Army airbase, located northwest of the city of Lashkargah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The camp was situated in a remote desert area, far from population centres.

Camp Shorabak
کمپ شورابک
Near Gereshk, Helmand Province in Afghanistan
U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at the camp in 2013
OAZI
Shown within Afghanistan
Coordinates31°51′06″N 064°11′52″E
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defense
OperatorAfghan Armed Forces
Site history
Built2005 (2005)
In use2005–present
Garrison information
Past
commanders		RAF Group Captain Tony Innes, Commander Bastion and Commanding Officer 903 Expeditionary Air Wing.
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: OAZ, ICAO: OAZI
Elevation2,915 feet (888 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
01/19 3,500 metres (11,483 ft) Concrete/Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length and surface
HLS 01/19 500 metres (1,640 ft) Concrete
Garrison of 11,000–12,000 troops. Could hold over 28,000/ 32,000 troops.
Airfield Sources: AIP Afghanistan, DoD FLIP

The camp was built by the British Army in 2005-06, and on 27 October 2014 the British Army handed over control to the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Between 2005 and October 2014 it was the logistics hub for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Helmand during the War in Afghanistan and Operation Herrick, and it was capable of accommodating over 32,000 people. It was the largest British overseas military camp built since the Second World War. The base was also home to troops from other states, including the United States and Denmark.

Shorabak contained the Afghan National Army (ANA) camp (also called Camp Shorabak), and also held Camp Leatherneck until 2014.

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in July–August 2021; the camp is now under control by the Taliban.

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