Khushal Khan Khattak
06-04-2010, 07:41 PM
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Pentagon Plans $100 Million Special Ops HQ in Afghanistan
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The Army is looking to spend as much as $100 million to expand its Special Operations headquarters in northern Afghanistan.
All around Afghanistan, from Kandahar Airfield (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/afghanistan-hub-gets-half-billion-dollar-facelift/) to the Bagram jail (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/military-expanding-obamas-gitmo-in-afghanistan/), the U.S. military is on a building spree, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on wartime encampments. By one count, America and its allies now have 700 bases (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/the-us-and-its-allies-have-700-bases-in-afghanistan/) in Afghanistan. But most of the construction — and most of the extra troops “surging” into the country — are going to the violent south and the dangerous east.
Until recently, northern Afghanistan was considered quiet. Regional hub Mazar-e-Sharif was the first major city in Afghanistan to be taken from the Taliban. But, especially in nearby Kunduz province, violence is bubbling up once again (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805399.html).
The Amy expects its expanded Special Operations HQ in Mazar-e-Sharif to occupy 70,000 square meters. It’ll include a “communications building, Tactical Operations Center, training facility, medical aid station, Vehicle Maintenance Facility… dining facility, laundry facility, and a kennel to support working dogs,” according to a request for proposals (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ff83b2d58e361c3a8f7df6b4a43ba1ee&tab=core&_cview=0). “Supporting facilities include roads, power production system and electrical distribution, water well, non-potable water production, water storage, water distribution, sanitary sewer collection system, communication manhole/duct system, curbs, walkways, drainage and parking. Additionally, the project will include site preparation and compound security measures to include guard towers.”
Construction is supposed to take a year. At which point, the U.S. is allegedly supposed to begin drawing down its forces in Afghanistan. Allegedly.
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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/army-plans-100-mil-spec-ops-hq-in-afghanistan/#ixzz0q1kWxqpI
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Pentagon Plans $100 Million Special Ops HQ in Afghanistan
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The Army is looking to spend as much as $100 million to expand its Special Operations headquarters in northern Afghanistan.
All around Afghanistan, from Kandahar Airfield (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/afghanistan-hub-gets-half-billion-dollar-facelift/) to the Bagram jail (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/military-expanding-obamas-gitmo-in-afghanistan/), the U.S. military is on a building spree, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on wartime encampments. By one count, America and its allies now have 700 bases (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/the-us-and-its-allies-have-700-bases-in-afghanistan/) in Afghanistan. But most of the construction — and most of the extra troops “surging” into the country — are going to the violent south and the dangerous east.
Until recently, northern Afghanistan was considered quiet. Regional hub Mazar-e-Sharif was the first major city in Afghanistan to be taken from the Taliban. But, especially in nearby Kunduz province, violence is bubbling up once again (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805399.html).
The Amy expects its expanded Special Operations HQ in Mazar-e-Sharif to occupy 70,000 square meters. It’ll include a “communications building, Tactical Operations Center, training facility, medical aid station, Vehicle Maintenance Facility… dining facility, laundry facility, and a kennel to support working dogs,” according to a request for proposals (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ff83b2d58e361c3a8f7df6b4a43ba1ee&tab=core&_cview=0). “Supporting facilities include roads, power production system and electrical distribution, water well, non-potable water production, water storage, water distribution, sanitary sewer collection system, communication manhole/duct system, curbs, walkways, drainage and parking. Additionally, the project will include site preparation and compound security measures to include guard towers.”
Construction is supposed to take a year. At which point, the U.S. is allegedly supposed to begin drawing down its forces in Afghanistan. Allegedly.
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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/army-plans-100-mil-spec-ops-hq-in-afghanistan/#ixzz0q1kWxqpI
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