Gardez Air Base

Coordinates: 33°37′12″N 69°13′48″E / 33.62000°N 69.23000°E / 33.62000; 69.23000

Medevac helicopter arrving at Gardez.

Gardez Air Base is a military facility in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.[1][2] The airbase was used as a regional collection center in the program to disarm Afghanistan's local militias.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "ANBP Weekly Summary Report". Afghanistan 's New Beginnings Programme. 2003-11-08. Archived from the original on January 12, 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-14. mirror
  2. ↑ "Afghan driver wounded at ISAF checkpoint". NATO. 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2008-11-14. mirror
  3. ↑ "Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and by UN agencies". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-11-14. In addition to the cantonment that took place in the past, heavy weapons cantonment has started in Gardez, where a weapons collection team has moved 142 heavy weapons to a cantonment site at Gardez airfield that is guarded by the Afghan National Army (ANA). mirror


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