209th Corps (Afghanistan)

The 209th Corps (Shaheen: Eagle) is a corps, or military district, of the Afghan National Army. Its headquarters, Camp Shaheen, is at Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province.

It works closely with the German-led Resolute Support Mission TAAC North, and has 1st Brigade at Mazar-i-Sharif and, it appears, a Second Brigade forming at Kunduz. A United States Army Corps of Engineers solicitation for Kunduz headquarters facilities for the Second Brigade was issued in March 2008. The corps is supported by the Mazar-i-Sharif Regional Support Squadron of the AAF, equipped with eight helicopters: four transport to support the Corps' commando battalion, two attack, and two medical transport helicopters. In October 2015, as a response to the Battle of Kunduz, reports came that a new division would be formed in the area.

On 21 April 2017, Taliban fighters attacked Camp Shaheen killing at least 160 Afghan soldiers and wounding many others. This makes the attack the bloodiest in the conflict with the Taliban since 2001 when they were removed from power.

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