CAPT Fathom,
Good guess but no prize for second location. Actually it was Bamyan - a beautiful place in a very troubled country.
Ghazni?
Is that the strip that had the military base plonked right on the extended centreline? I remember doing the initial inspection after that was built, clearly not by people with aerodrome experience, thinking to myself "this place is going to last about 30 seconds into the first decent rainfall.