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Yes, Lwara is, I believe, the newest of three forward firebases in the area, l/t 3km from the border. There's Shkin which I believe is aka FB Purgatory, and a third one roughly where the Khost-Miram Shah road crosses the border upvalley from Wuzghai. Can't remember the name of that one.

The main FOB is obviously Orgun, and we have a large SOF base east of there, (Orgun-E) and numerous LP/OP's that change from day to day.

There are a few others, but these are the only one's I've seen referred to in open sopurce media, so they're the only one's I feel comfortable talking about in public.

Lwara, at least the one we are interested in, is, I believe, Lwara Mandi or a variant there-of, and if you have coordinates, it would be helpful. Not trying to get out of doing the work, I've searched and the phonetic spellings always seem to get the best of me, no joy to date, though I believe it is at the northern end of the Gangikhel Valley, the large flat alpine watershed just west of the border and of the Shawal Valley.

8 “Lwara, at least the one we are interested in, is, I believe, Lwara Mandi or a variant there-of, and if you have coordinates, it would be helpful.”

The name "Lwara" (and variants) is a popular Pashtoon name and is commonly used on both sides of the border. If I'm not mistaken, the U.S. has two Afghani FF bases at places called Lwara. Both are very close to the Paki border. I believe that the "Mandi" portion of the name ("Lwara Mandi") merely means town or village.

Try this high percentage one first:

Unverified Name: Lwarah Dashteh
Generic Name: Dashteh
Variant Name: Lwara Dasta
Type: Plain
Coordinates: 32° 57' 50" N 069° 28' 48" E
Located: Paktika Province, Afghanistan

It can be found on the first map below in the red circle.

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Here is another "Lwara" that is also likely a U.S. base.

Unverified Name: Lwarah
Variant Name: Lwara
Type: Populated Place
Coordinates: 33° 17' 56" N 069° 40' 15" E
Located: Khowst Province, Afghanistan

It can be found on the second map (below) in the red circle.

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