By Tamim Hamid, TOLOnews Reporter
04 JANUARY 2021 - Edited: 04 JANUARY 2021
Afghanistan
US Leaves Logar's 'FOB Shank,' Once Home to 18K Troops
There were at least 600 troops in the base ahead of the US-Taliban deal in February, local officials said.
US forces left one of their biggest bases in Afghanistan--in Logar province--and handed it over to Afghan forces, local officials said. The base once hosted at least 18,000 troops. It is located 76 miles south of Kabul in Logar province.
The last US forces numbered 300 in FOB (forward operating base) Shank, and withdrew last week, according to local officials. The base, in addition to other facilities, has an airfield and is eight kilometers long and three kilometers wide. It hosted around 18,000 troops between 2006 and 2014.
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