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209th Corps (Afghanistan)

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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. 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. In October 2015, as a response to the Battle of Kunduz, reports came that a new division would be formed in the area.

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