Spin Boldak
سپین بولدک (Pashto) | |
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 Empty fuel trucks heading towards the Friendship Gate at the Wesh-Chaman border crossing | |
  Spin Boldak Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 31°0′29″N 66°23′53″E / 31.00806°N 66.39806°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Kandahar |
| District | Spin Boldak |
| Elevation | 4,009 ft (1,222 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Spin Boldak (Dari, Pashto: سپین بولدک)[a] is a border town and the headquarters of Spin Boldak District in the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, next to the border with Pakistan. It is linked by a highway with the city of Kandahar to the north, and with Chaman and Quetta in Pakistan to the south. Spin Boldak has the second major port of entry between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Wesh-Chaman border crossing. It is also a major transporting, shipping and receiving site between the two neighboring countries.
The district is populated mostly by Noorzai and Achakzai Pashtuns.[1]
Kandahar and Quetta are about 40 and 50 nmi (93 km) respectively distant by air, and have the closest medium-sized airports; Pishin, Pakistan has a small airport 74 Kms to the east.[2]
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- ^ "The Master of Spin Boldak: Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police" by Matthieu Aikins, Harper's Magazine, December 2009, p. 54. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Falling Rain Map of Spin Buldak. Retrieved 20 April 2010.