Taftan (Balochistan)
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Taftan is a town located in Chagai District
, Balochistan
, Pakistan
.It is Pakistan's only legal official border crossing into Iran
and famed by locals as the "road to London" because it is a famous smuggling route.Over 600 km from Quetta
, getting to Taftan is a journey of almost 12 hours of careful driving.
The border crossing point on the Iranian side is at Mirjaveh
.
Chagai District
Chaghi/Chagai is the largest district of Pakistan and is located on the north west corner of Balochistan, Pakistan. It forms a triangular border with Afghanistan and Iran.Pakistan conducted a nuclear weapons test in 1998 at Ras Koh Hills Chagai District....
, Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.It is Pakistan's only legal official border crossing into Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and famed by locals as the "road to London" because it is a famous smuggling route.Over 600 km from Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...
, getting to Taftan is a journey of almost 12 hours of careful driving.
The border crossing point on the Iranian side is at Mirjaveh
Mirjaveh
Mirjaveh is a city in the capital of Mirjaveh District of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,590, in 2,350 families....
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