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After 30 September 2013, there were only five sites used by the United Kingdom in Helmand Province including Camp Bastion (the main British base, closed 26 October 2014), [1] MOB Price, [2] MOB Lashkar Gah, PB Lashkar Gah Durai and OP Sterga 2 (last base outside Bastion, closed May 2014). [3]
Pages in category "Military bases of the United Kingdom in Afghanistan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Upon completion of British and US military withdrawal from Camp Bastion, it was renamed Camp Shorabak as this was the name of the Afghan base situated there. In December 2015, it was announced that a small contingency of British troops would return to Camp Shorabak in an advisory role, due to the Taliban overrun of Sangin district in Helmand ...
British forces in Afghanistan may refer to: British army interventions, within the larger scope of Afghanistan–United Kingdom relations during the 19th and 20th centuries British combat forces of Operation Veritas (2001 – 2002), and Operation Herrick (2002 – 2014)
The base started operating in 2006, and between 2007 and 22 July 2013, it was the headquarters of the Danish Battle Group, the British used the base between 2006 and 2014 when the base was closed by Marine Special operations Team 8213 from 2d Marine Raider Battalion, [1] under Operation Herrick (OP H).
In January 2006, NATO's focus in southern Afghanistan was to form Provincial Reconstruction Teams with the British leading in Helmand Province and the Netherlands and Canada leading similar deployments in Orūzgān Province and Kandahar Province, respectively. The Americans remained in control of Zabul Province.
Includes British military units and formations that participated in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Overseas military bases enable the British Army to conduct expeditionary warfare, "maintain a persistent forward presence", "deter potential adversaries", and train in all environments. [5] The British Army provides the most significant long-term overseas presence to: British Forces Cyprus in Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri & Dhekelia, [6]