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The border begins at the tripoint with Turkmenistan in the Harirud river before proceeding overland just to the east of the Iranian town of Taybad.The border then follows a series of short straight lines, passing through the Daryache-ye Namakzar and the Daqq-e Patergan salt lakes; two 'beaks' of Iranian territory protrude into Afghanistan along this section.
Iran has international borders with 13 sovereign countries, both on land and sea. It has a total of 5,894 kilometres (3,662 mi) land borders with Iraq , Turkey , Azerbaijan , Armenia , Turkmenistan , Afghanistan , and Pakistan . [ 1 ]
Iran's western borders are with Turkey in the north and Iraq in the south, terminating at the Arvand Rud. The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman littorals form the entire 1,770-kilometre (1,100 mi) southern border. To the east lie Afghanistan on the north and Pakistan on the far south.
Afghanistan receives snow between November and March, which gradually melts into numerous rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and springs, but most of the country's fresh water continues to flow into neighboring countries. [40] It loses about two-thirds of its water to neighboring Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. [12]
Milak (Persian: ميلك, also Romanized as Mīlak) [2] is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,385, in 444 families. [3] Milak is situated on the Afghanistan-Iran border. It is one of the major junctions that connects ...
The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two ...
Afghanistan–Iran border (2 C, 6 P) Armenia–Iran border (1 C, 2 P) Azerbaijan–Iran border (1 C, 7 P) C. Cross-border railway lines in Iran (1 P) I. Iran–Qatar ...
Within Iran, section-1 from Khaf to Sangan 16 km route was completed in September 2016 and section-2 from Sangan to Iran-Afghanistan border at Shamtiq (Shematigh, Shmtygh, شمتیغ) 62 km was completed in October 2017. Within Afghanistan, section-3 from the Iran-Afghanistan border at Shamtiq–Jono (Jonaw, Junaw) to Ghurian 61.2 km route was ...