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Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport (Pashto: د کندهار نړيوال هوايي ډګر), and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield, KAF) (IATA: KDH, ICAO: OAKN), is located in the Daman District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, about 9 NM (17 km; 10 mi) southeast from the ...
Last month, the Taliban targeted the Kandahar Airfield with a rocket attack that did not cause any casualties or damage. The U.S. military is in the midst of withdrawing all of its roughly...
The Taliban have captured hundreds of military helicopters and planes from the Afghan air force, including the A-29 attack plane and the Black Hawk utility helicopter. The U.S. military is unsure how the Taliban will use the equipment and whether it poses a threat to the region or the U.S. interests.
May 13, 2021 · The airfield has been transferred to the Afghan security forces as part of the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The move came as a surprise and without coordination with Afghan officials, who expressed uncertainty about the security situation in the province.
May 3, 2021 · The United States and its NATO allies spent decades building Kandahar Airfield into a wartime city, filled with tents, operations centers, barracks, basketball courts, ammunition storage sites...
Apr 7, 2021 · The Taliban targeted Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, with rockets on April 7, and though no casualties were reported, the Pentagon said the attack is a threat to fragile peace discussions in the country.
Oct 21, 2014 · NATO formally transferred control of Kandahar Airfield to the US in 2014, after eight years of running it. The airfield will continue to support the new NATO mission to train and assist the Afghan forces and the civilian airport.
