DCS: East Afghanistan

The East Afghanistan area includes 650,097 sq km of with 10 highly detailed airfields. The region is characterized by its mountainous terrain interspersed with agricultural areas around Bagram and along waterways. Kabul, the capital and largest city in Afghanistan, includes several points of interest like hospitals, historical sites, monuments, and neighborhoods. The Eastern region also includes urban areas of Bagram, Gardez, Jalalabad, and Khost and 10 highly detailed and accurate airfields:

• Bagram

• Kabul

• Jalalabad

• Gardez

• Khost

• Sharana

• Bamyan

• Urgoon Heliport

• Ghazni Heliport

• Khost Heliport

Flexible purchase options provide customers the choice of purchasing one or more of three regions of Afghanistan Southwest, East and North. Each region will be released in stages. The North Afghanistan region will be our next focus in parallel with continued improvements to the Southwest and East regions. Alternatively, you may purchase the entire DCS: Afghanistan map that will update with each region’s release and updates.

20 years of the War on Terror and the Soviet operations of the 1980s place Afghanistan as one of the most important combat theatres of the past half century. Few war zones have ever seen more A-10C, AH-64D, F-16C, F/A-18C, CH-47F, Mi-24P, Mi-8MTV2, and Su-25 sorties than this. 

The Afghanistan map includes the rugged mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, the vast deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, and the fertile valleys and river basins. High-resolution aerial imagery has been utilized to enhance the realism and accuracy of the map. Great efforts have been dedicated to accurately portraying the unique cultural and urban features of Afghanistan. The map features detailed modelling of rivers, roads, vegetation, rocks, small stones, ground clutter, and geological formations enhance immersion and realism at low altitude. Extensive testing and optimization have been conducted to ensure optimal performance and compatibility with a wide range of hardware configurations.

Please keep in mind that even if you purchase only one region, you will still be able to play online across the whole map with your friends. Only the non-purchased regions will be in lower detail.

Key Features at Early Access Release

• The entirety of Afghanistan with the Southwestern and Eastern portions available in high detail at Early Access release.

• High resolution terrain mesh, textures and objects provide a realistic map from low to high altitude.

• Numerous, authentically modelled air bases like Bagram, Kandahar, Kabul, and Herat.

• Diverse terrain ranging from towering mountains to vast deserts.

• Recreate battles spanning the last 40 years.