Spin Boldak
town of Afghanistan
Spin Boldak (Pashto: سپین بولدک) is a city in Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. It is within the jurisdiction of Spin Boldak District and has an estimated population of 123,945 people. Its current mayor is Lutfullah Latifi.
Spin Boldak sits near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It is linked by a highway with the city of Kandahar to the northwest, and with Chaman and Quetta in Pakistan to the southeast. The Wesh-Chaman border crossing is located in the southeast of the city. A new township is being built in Spin Boldak for the Afghans in Pakistan returning to Kandahar.
The area of Spin Boldak and Chaman is populated by ethnic Pashtuns, particularly the Noorzai and Achakzai tribes.
History
The city began to develop after the United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. Before that the location was a small border town.
“Spin Boldak” enters the record as town of Afghanistan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Spin, Boldak and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q594501. VIAF identifies the subject as 144483417. The Library of Congress control number is n2009074333. Authority coordinates are 31.008, 66.398. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.
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