Spin Boldak

• 16 Jul 2021

• The Taliban militants have recently captured the strategic border crossing of Spin Boldak along the frontier with Pakistan.
• Spin Boldak 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.