Spin Boldak

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سپین بولدک
Spin Boldak
Spin Boldak (Afghanistan)
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Coordinates 31 ° 0 ′  N , 66 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 0 ′  N , 66 ° 24 ′  E
Basic data
Country Afghanistan

province

Kandahar
District Spin Boldak
ISO 3166-2 AF-KAN
Residents 168,400

Spin Boldak or Spin Buldak ( Pashto : سپین بولدک) is a city and the name of the surrounding district in the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan , on the border with Pakistan . The place is on an expressway that was built for 15.5 million US dollars and is about 10 km from the Pakistani town of Chaman .

Spin Boldak is on the main transport route from Pakistan to the south of Afghanistan. Mainly Pashtuns from the Achackzai and Noorzai or Nurzai tribe live in the city .

history

In 1891 the British extended the Indian rail network to Chaman. Around 1910 there were plans to continue this line to Kandahar and other Afghan cities, but these were not implemented. The "Gate of Friendship" has been located at the border crossing since 2003.

There have been repeated attacks in the city in recent years. In February 2008, 38 Afghans were killed in a suicide bombing and an unknown number of other people, including five Canadians, were injured. In January 2011, at least 17 people died in a suicide attack on a bathhouse in Spin Boldak. 21 were injured. On February 24, 2011, a suicide bomber blew himself up with a car bomb in the city center after a chase with secret service personnel, injuring 16 civilians, six secret service agents and two border police officers. On July 16, 2012, five civilians died when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device hidden in the street. On January 6, 2013, two suicide bombers attacked a meeting of tribal leaders. They killed four people and injured 15 others.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Railways and the Great Game , accessed March 1, 2010
  2. ↑ Gateway of Friendship between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the border (English), accessed on December 12, 2009
  3. ↑ Information on www.thestar.com , accessed on December 12, 2009 (English)
  4. ↑ Suicide attack on a bathhouse in Afghanistan - 17 dead. In: ORF . January 7, 2011, accessed January 7, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Over 20 people injured after suicide bombing. In: ORF. February 24, 2011, accessed February 24, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Seven dead in attacks in southern Afghanistan. In: The Standard . July 16, 2012, accessed July 18, 2012 .
  7. ↑ At least four dead in attack on Afghan tribal leaders