Delaram is a city and a district in western Afghanistan. It is a major transportation center, with several major road converging on the area, including Highway 1 known as the Ring Road, Route 515

Route 515 (Afghanistan)

Route 515 is the main road in Bakwa District in Afghanistan. The road connects Delaram with Farah City and goes through the Bakwa District Center. The Delaram end of the road starts at Highway 1 or Ring Road. It is a compacted gravel road. The road was about 75 kilometers long and about 38...

 to Farah City

Farah, Afghanistan

Farah is a city in western Afghanistan, situated at 650 m altitude, and located on the Farah River. It is the capital of Farah Province, and has a population of approximately 109,409....

, Route 522

Route 522 (Afghanistan)

Route 522 is the main road in Gulistan District in Farah Province, Afghanistan. This 40 kilometer dirt road connects Gulistan with Delaram. It is expected to undergo major improvements to make it a compacted gravel road starting in the summer of 2010....

 to Gulistan

Gulistan District

Gulistan, also transliterated as Golestan , is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is approximately 80% Pashtun with a Tajik minority, was estimated at 53,780 in October 2004. The main village, also called Gulistan, is situated at 1434 m altitude in the mountainous part...

 and Route 606

Route 606 (Afghanistan)

Route 606 is a 218 km road from Delaram District of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan heading south to Zaranj and into Iran. It is one of the busiest roads in Afghanistan and provides an important trade route between India and the rest of Asia.-Route:...

 to Iran

Iran

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. The district center contains a large bazaar.

Forward Operating Base Delaram, with elements of the ANA 215th Corps and U.S. Marines

United States Marine Corps

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 is located near the town of Delaram.

History

Delaram was initially a city in Khash Rod District

Khash Rod District

Khash Rod District is a district of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. Majority of he population is Baluch....

 in Nimruz Province

Nimruz Province

Nimruz is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the south-west of the country on the borders of Iran and Pakistan. The name Nimruz means "mid-day" or "half-day" in Persian. Nimruz covers 41,000 km² and has a population of 149,000...

, but was administratively transferred to Farah Province

Farah Province

Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Farah. Farah is a spacious and sparsely populated province that lies on the Iranian border...

 in 2007 for a short time as a separate district. It was transferred back to Nimruz Province

Nimruz Province

Nimruz is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the south-west of the country on the borders of Iran and Pakistan. The name Nimruz means "mid-day" or "half-day" in Persian. Nimruz covers 41,000 km² and has a population of 149,000...

 and remained a district. Delaram transitioned to Farah Province in 2007, following a period of violence between ISAF

International Security Assistance Force

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 and the Taliban, in which the Afghan Border Police

Afghan Border Police

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was brought in to restore order.