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Welcome to 'Zombieland': A former US Army base rots in the hands of overwhelmed Afghans | Stars and Stripes
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![Afghan soldiers build trusses for living quarters on Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2013. Afghan soldiers build trusses for living quarters on Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2013.](https://media.defense.gov/2013/Dec/20/2001124290/-1/-1/0/616816-O-BRW00-152.jpg)
Afghan soldiers build trusses for living quarters on Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2013.
![U.S. soldiers conduct a presence patrol near Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, Oct. U.S. soldiers conduct a presence patrol near Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, Oct.](https://media.defense.gov/2013/Oct/15/2001122086/-1/-1/0/625929-K-WWH16-923.jpg)
U.S. soldiers conduct a presence patrol near Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, Oct.
![A high angle view of the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The bivouac site located to the distant left ( A high angle view of the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The bivouac site located to the distant left (](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2002/01/16/a-high-angle-view-of-the-front-gate-of-the-forward-operating-base-located-at-ccb45f-1600.jpg)
A high angle view of the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The bivouac site located to the distant left (
![Forward Operating Base Robinson, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2006 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London Forward Operating Base Robinson, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2006 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London](https://collection.nam.ac.uk/images/960/219000-219999/219031.jpg)