According to @Reuters #Mazar has fallen
Camp Marmal, close to the international airport, used to be the largest base of the Bundeswehr outside of Germany and in Afghanistan. Germany began building the site on 3 November 2005 and it opened on 2 August 2006. /1
Camp Marmal, close to the international airport, used to be the largest base of the Bundeswehr outside of Germany and in Afghanistan. Germany began building the site on 3 November 2005 and it opened on 2 August 2006. /1
https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1426591537668964364
At its peak, more than 5000 ISAF Soldiers were stationed there ( amongst them 2800 Bundeswehr soldiers).
After ISAF ended in 2014 around 1000 soldiers of the Bundeswehr remained in Camp Marmal in support of Resolute Support (NATO) to train parts of the Afghan National Army. /2
After ISAF ended in 2014 around 1000 soldiers of the Bundeswehr remained in Camp Marmal in support of Resolute Support (NATO) to train parts of the Afghan National Army. /2
The Camp was handed over to Afghan authorities on June 2021 on the occasion of the German withdrawal from Afghanistan /3
Not to create any misunderstandings. So far no news from Camp Marmal. I just wrote the short history of the camp close to Mazar because that's the reference point for us Germans
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