Prior to 2014 it was designated Regional Command Capital of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Regional Command Capital was in turn a redesignation of the former Kabul Multinational Brigade, the change taking place on 6 August 2006.
As part of ISAF the command of this region rotated among Turkey, France and Italy.
French Brigadier General Michel Stollsteiner served as the commander from August 2008 to July 2009.
The ISAF presence at Kabul International Airport (KAIA) (provided by Hungary, previously Belgium) was also part of RC-Capital.