What is the exact location of the Camp Salerno in the Khost province?
FOB Salerno is located just north of Khowst. The facility was occupied in mid-September by the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and was named for the beachhead that the 505th parachuted onto on September 14, 1943. FOB Salerno is bigger than Orgun-E, but smaller than Kandahar. Camp Salerno is in the province of Khost, close to the border with Pakistan, where hundreds of Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters are believed to be hiding. It came under rocket attack late on 18 March 2003. Shortly afterwards, a group of armed men approached the camp and the Italian troops opened fire on them. “Security personnel engaged hostile elements, presumably wounding one of them, while the others escaped. No Italians were injured in the incident. Some 500 Italian troops were based at the Salerno camp. It was frequently attacked when it was controlled by US troops. Since September 2003, the FOB has been built up from the single concrete building and sand bag perimeter that was orginally located
