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Camp Bastion

British  
/ ˈbæstɪən /

noun

  1. a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Anywhere outside of Camp Bastion we could have been using them, sometimes for up to 12 hours a day," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

The case in Manda Bay has some parallels to a 2012 attack by the Taliban on Camp Bastion, an airfield in southern Afghanistan.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

However, they were soon drawn into combat operations; Camp Bastion in Helmand became the base of British Operation Herrick, with 9,500 troops stationed there.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2021

The Black Hawks departed from the Afghan base wedged between Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion, massive hubs used by the Americans and the British at the height of the war.

From New York Times • May 31, 2021

In emergencies surgeons at Camp Bastion, the British base in Afghanistan, aimed not to operate on any patient for more than an hour.

From Economist • Oct. 12, 2017

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