209th Corps (Afghanistan)

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

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.[1] The corps is supported by the Mazar-i-Sharif Regional Support Squadron of the ANAAC, equipped with eight helicopters: four transport to support the Corps' commando battalion, two attack, and two medical transport helicopters.[2] In October 2015, as a response to the Battle of Kunduz, reports came that a new division would be formed in the area.[3]

References

  1. ↑ FedBizOpps.gov, 38—Y—Construction Services for the Second Battalion, 209th headqauters facilities, ANA Kunduz Installation Phase II, Kunduz, Afghanistan. Retrieved August 2009.
  2. ↑ Afghan National Army Air Corps: February 2009 Update – The Long War Journal Archived February 11, 2011, at WebCite
  3. ↑ Marty, Franz J. (10 February 2016). "Isolated Outposts: Badakhshan sitrep". Jane's defence weekly (Vol 53, No. 6). ISSN 0265-3818.


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