Bagram
Military installation, Afghanistan
Bagram is a town in eastern Afghanistan, known primarily for Bagram Airfield, a major military base used by Soviet forces in the 1980s and later by U.S. and NATO troops from 2001 until American withdrawal in 2021.
The name often serves as shorthand for the airbase itself: He did two tours at Bagram.
Military aviation facility
- airfieldAviation facility with runways
- NATOWestern defense organization
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
deployment · operations · Afghanistan · strategic · runway · hangar · sortie · logistics
Confinement for offenders
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- detaineePerson held in custody
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
custody · holding · controversy · confinement · captive · tribunal · transfer · release
Afghan Islamist movement
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- counterterrorismCombating organized political violence
casualties · mission · patrol · firefight · convoy · IED · offensive · security
Of the USSR
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- mujahideenMuslim guerrilla combatants
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- 1979A calendar year
ruins · strategic · ancient · archaeology · Alexander · abandonment · handover · withdrawal
airbase
Military aviation facility
- airfieldAviation facility with runways
- NATOWestern defense organization
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
troops · deployment · operations · Afghanistan · strategic · runway · hangar · sortie · logistics · drone
prison
Confinement for offenders
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- detaineePerson held in custody
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
incarceration · custody · holding · controversy · confinement · captive · tribunal · transfer · release · allegations
Taliban
Afghan Islamist movement
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
counterterrorism · casualties · mission · patrol · firefight · convoy · IED · offensive · security · withdrawal
Soviet
Of the USSR
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- mujahideenMuslim guerrilla combatants
- invasionForcible entry into territory
1979 · ruins · strategic · ancient · archaeology · Alexander · abandonment · handover · withdrawal · 2021
province
Regional administrative district
- KabulAfghanistan's capital city
- valleyLow ground between heights
- elevationHeight above reference point
plains · terrain · mountains · landscape · location · region
- AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Pashtun, Tajik, Helmand
- Air Force BasesLangley, Edwards, Travis, Luke, Maxwell
- military basesFort Bragg, Fort Hood, military base, Fort Benning, air force base
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, troop surge
- Parwan
BagramKandahar
Afghan provincial capital
Kabul · Tora Bora · Fort Bragg · Pentagon · home front
BagramCamp David
Presidential country residence
Geneva · Oslo · Doha · armistice · demilitarized zone
Bagramhome
One's personal residence
Main Street · suburb · peacetime · demilitarized zone · neutral territory