Camp warehouse
The Camp Warehouse is a military base located around ten kilometers east of the center of the Afghan capital Kabul . The camp, which previously served as an industrial warehouse, was largely built by soldiers from the German Armed Forces . Several thousand soldiers are now stationed there.
Security situation
The camp, which is located in a manageable valley basin, has been the target of rocket attacks and a suicide attack several times. Most of these attacks occurred before Christmas 2002 .
Naming
The name “Camp Warehouse” is probably due to the initially improvised atmosphere or is derived from the fact that a large part of the area was used as an industrial warehouse before the army camp was established. At the beginning of the mission, the soldiers almost exclusively had to sleep in tents. Masked windows were initially common in service offices. However, the situation has improved in the meantime.
guide
On June 1, 2006, the German Armed Forces took command of all of northern Afghanistan. The focus of the German operation was relocated from Kabul to the northern Afghan Mazar-e Sharif , where the Bundeswehr is currently setting up its largest field camp outside Germany , Camp Marmal . Camp Warehouse was handed over to France on July 15, 2006 .
monument
There is a memorial to the fallen within the camp . The brick wall with memorial plaques commemorates the fallen soldiers of the ISAF troops of all nations stationed in the camp as well as the fallen German police officers. It is one of the first memorials to the memorials of German ISAF troops.
See also
- German participation in the war in Afghanistan
- List of International Security Assistance Force encampments
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See a day in the camp "Warehouse". Experience report of a German ISAF soldier. In: DBWV website (October 2002).
- ↑ Gefallendenkmal Camp Warehouse , online project Gefallendenkmäler, accessed on November 29, 2017
Coordinates: 34 ° 32 ′ 29 ″ N , 69 ° 18 ′ 16 ″ E