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Wesh-Chaman Border Crossing
چمن باڈر کراسنگ | |
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 Chaman Border Gate between Afghanistan and Pakistan | |
  Wesh-Chaman Border Crossing  Wesh-Chaman Border Crossing  Wesh-Chaman Border Crossing | |
| Coordinates: 30°55′20″N 66°26′41″E / 30.92222°N 66.44472°E | |
| Countries |  Pakistan Afghanistan |
| Provinces | Balochistan Kandahar |
| Districts | Chaman Spin Boldak |
| Control | Pakistan Taliban |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
The Wesh–Chaman border crossing is one of the major international border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Located on the Pak-Afghan border, it leads north from the town of Chaman, Chaman District, Balochistan into Wesh in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province. More generally, it links the two provincial capitals: Quetta and Kandahar. At least 10 thousand peoples cross this border on the daily basis having businesses in Wesh and return home in the evening. [1] On 14 July 2021, the border crossing was captured by Taliban forces as part of the 2021 Taliban offensive.[2]
A brick, double-arched Friendship Gate, rising three stories tall, was erected in 2003. The gate facing towards Balochistan bears the words "Proud Pakistani" and "Pakistan First".[3][4][5] Its official hours run from morning to sunset, though smuggling may continue at night.[5]
United States military presence
The Wesh-Chaman border crossing has been used by international forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan as part of a major supply route stretching from the Port of Karachi to Kandahar,[6] with roughly 60 to 100 trucks traversing Chaman daily.[3] On January 18, 2010, ISAF commander General Stanley A. McChrystal visited the site after discussing the crossing's efficiency with Pakistani authorities.[7][8] A US-run Forward operating base (FOB) was located in Spin Boldak, which monitored the border crossing along with the Afghan Border Police and the Afghan National Army.
References
- ^ Akhtar, Saadullah. "Thousands of Afghans enter Pakistan via Chaman border crossing". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Sediqi, Abdul; Hakimi, Orooj (14 July 2021). "Afghan Taliban seize border crossing with Pakistan in major advance". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b Mekhennet, Souad; Oppel, Richard A. (2010-02-04). "Even Where Pakistani Law Exists, Taliban Find a Porous Border". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ Rizvi, Muddassir (2003-12-09). "Suspicion of Pakistan runs deep". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 2003-12-10. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ a b Giovanni, Janine Di (2008-06-10). "Pakistan's Phantom Border". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2010-02-05. Note: Photograph of gate by Alex Majoli on p. 1 of story; account of visit on p. 5.
- ^ Roggio, Bill (2009-09-09). "Chaman border crossing closed to NATO traffic". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ "US troops surge in Afghanistan McChrystal inspects Chaman point to quicken equipment shipments". Pakistan Observer. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "McChrystal visits Chaman border". The Nation. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
External links
Media related to Wesh–Chaman border crossing at Wikimedia Commons