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 presenceedit
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]
^Akhtar, Saadullah. "Thousands of Afghans enter Pakistan via Chaman border crossing". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^Sediqi, Abdul; Hakimi, Orooj (14 July 2021). "Afghan Taliban seize border crossing with Pakistan in major advance". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ abMekhennet, Souad; Oppel, Richard A. (4 February 2010). "Even Where Pakistani Law Exists, Taliban Find a Porous Border". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^Rizvi, Muddassir (9 December 2003). . Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 10 December 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abGiovanni, Janine Di (10 June 2008). "Pakistan's Phantom Border". Vanity Fair magazine. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Note: Photograph of gate by Alex Majoli on p. 1 of story; account of visit on p. 5.
^Roggio, Bill (9 September 2009). "Chaman border crossing closed to NATO traffic". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^. Pakistan Observer newspaper. 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
External linksedit
Media related to Wesh–Chaman border crossing at Wikimedia Commons
April 12, 2024
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