Camp Holland Kamp Holland is the main Dutch military base on the outskirts of Tarin Kowt , the provincial capital of Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan . The Dutch are present in Uruzgan as part of NATO ' s International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) mission in Afghanistan . The first group of Dutch military personnel left for Afghanistan in March 2006 in the Deployment Task Force ( DTF ) . They were the quartermasters for the following Dutch forces of the Task Force Uruzgan ( TFU ) becoming operational in August 2006 . They took over the former US Forward Operating Base ( FOB ) Ripley , rebuilt the facility to accommodate the Dutch operational needs and renamed it " Kamp Holland " . The average strength is 1 , 200 personnel split over the locations Tarin Kowt and Deh Rawod . Current situation . As the Task Force Uruzgan ( TFU ) is a composite unit it consists of various units and specialties of the Dutch armed forces , therefore Army , Air Force , Navy , Marines , Special Forces and Military Police personnel are completely integrated in the TFU . The TFU " hard core " is the Battlegroup , consisting of infantry - Dutch Airmobile or Marines btn - and some 155mm mechanized howitsers for firesupport . In case the Battlegroup needs close air support , the Dutch Air Task Force - consisting of F - 16 multiroles stationed at Kandahar Airfield and AH - 64D Apache combat helicopters stationed at Tarin Kowt - will provide it . An important item of the overall mission is the Provincial Reconstruction Team ( PRT ) . PRT is responsible for the supervision of all technical and logistical support to rebuild the Afghan province of Uruzgan . The PRT is part of ISAF and is placed under NATO command . From their Regional Kandahar Hq , Canada , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom take their 6 - months turns in commanding all NATO military personnel spread over the area . In December 2009 approximately 1 , 300 Dutch and 390 Australian personnel were stationed at " Kamp Holland " . The Australian 2nd Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force ( MRTF - 2 ) is also based at Camp Holland . MRTF - 2 is engaged in reconstruction , mentoring and security operations in Uruzgan Province . The bulk of the MRTF is composed of elements from the 3rd Brigade ( Australia ) ( Townsville ) , with support elements drawn from the 1st Brigade ( Australia ) ( Darwin ) and from the Navy and Air Force . MRTF - 2 includes 2 Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams ( OMLTs ) whose mission is to assist in the development of the 4th Brigade of the Afghan National Army . Australian soldiers that operate in the OMLTs live with , train and provide support to their Afghan National Army colleagues in patrol bases in Uruzgan Province . In so doing , the OMLTs continue to develop the capability of the 2nd Afghan Kandak and the 4th Afghan Kandak . MRTF - 2 also includes two Combat Teams ( CT ) which undertake security operations within Uruzgan Province in order to enhance the security environment in the province . These CT ' s are operationally integrated in the Dutch Battlegroup . All Dutch military locations in Afghanistan : Kabul Kandahar Tarin Kowt Deh Rawod Mazar e Sharif EMPF ' s lead nation is France . The aim is to train the Afghan National Civil Order Police ( ANCOP ) under the supervision of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan ( NTM - A ) .