Drafted — not technically validated
Record revision 1 · The Kandahar, Herat and Camp Bastion region of DCS: Afghanistan, sold separately, with 12 airfields.
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DCS: Southwest Afghanistan
- Simulator
- DCS World
- Made by
- Eagle Dynamics
- Setting
- Present day: Battles spanning the last 40 years, from the Soviet operations of the 1980s to the 20 years of the war on terror [1]
- Area
- About 471,000 km² of south-western Afghanistan, around Kandahar, Herat and Camp Bastion [1]
- Real-world theatre
- Central Asia
- Purchase
- DCS WorldDCS: Southwest Afghanistan Map by Eagle DynamicsDCS Store
Store pages checked 2026-10-28. Prices and availability change.
Airfield coverage
No airfield in this encyclopedia has been checked against this map yet.
Each airfield's page cites the sources for its entry. Airfields not listed have not been checked against this map.
Coverage
Southwest Afghanistan was the first region of the DCS: AfghanistanDCS: Afghanistan Sim mapAll of Afghanistan in early access, region by region, from Kandahar and Camp Bastion to Bagram and FOB Salerno. map to reach early access, and it can be bought on its own. [1] Its twelve detailed airfields at launch were Kandahar, Herat, Bost, Camp Bastion, Chaghcharan, Dwyer, Farah, Maymana Zahiraddin Faryabi, Qala i Naw, Shindand, Tirinkot and Zaranj. [1] Owning only this region still allows online play across the whole map, with the other regions in lower detail. [1]
Sources
- DCS: Southwest Afghanistan. Eagle Dynamics (product page). https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/terrains/southwest_afghanistan_terrain/ (accessed 2026-10-27).
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