Afghanistan - Darunta Camp Complex

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The Al-Badr I base in Jalalabad [34°25'00"N 70°27'00"E] is about 120 kilometers east of Kabul. The Tora Bora base near Jalalabad was rebuilt on the site of a camp first constructed by the US Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1980s. According to one report, bin Ladin's "Abu Khabab" camp is focused on development and training with chemicals, poisons and other toxins. This camp is named after the Egyptian who runs it, Midhat Mursi - who uses the name Abu Khabab. The camp, about eight miles from Jalalabad, is part of a complex of training sites known as Darunta [34°28'00"N 70°22'00"E], after a nearby stone dam.

Imagery below, released by the Department of Defense on October 12, 2001, reveals that the Darunta Camp Complex was struck by coalition aircraft. Other sites at the Camp Complex, besides the facility shown were also struck there.

The Ikonos below was acquired on December 21, 1999.

Overview Maps of the Darunta Camp Complex
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Pre- and post-strikes aerials of facilities at the Darunta Complex used during DoD news briefing of October 12, 2001
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Ikonos Images of Darunta Camp Complex
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Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999
Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Darunta Training Camps 12/21/1999
Abu Khabab Camp Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Assadalah Abdul Rahman's Camp Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999
Hizbi Islami Camp Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Taliban Area Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999

Ikonos Images of Darunta Complex Tunnels and Perimeter
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Tunnel Entrances and Possible Helipad Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Tunnel Entrances and Observation Post Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999
Tunnel Entrances Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Possible Helipad Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999
Roadblock/Checkpoint and Defensive Trench Network Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999	Roadblock/Checkpoint, Observation Post and Defensive Trench Network Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999
Footmarch Imagery acquired on 12/21/1999