Ak Bolak is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, located at the east end of the

Lataband Pass The Lataband Pass or Kotal-e Latah Band, in pashto کوتل لته بند, (elevation: ) is a mountain pass connecting Kabul and Jalalabad on the way to Pakistan in the Karkacha hills between Seh Baba and Butkhak in the Hindukush Range. The name, ...

. It was described in the early years of the 20th century as being a thriving place, and as having a number of

salt mines Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations. History Before the advent of the modern internal combustio ...

in the vicinity.

References

Populated places in Takhar Province Villages in Afghanistan {{Takhar-geo-stub