Milak (, also

Romanize In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...

d as Mīlak) is a village in

Jahanabad Rural District Jahanabad Rural District () is in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders ...

, in the Central District of

Hirmand County Hirmand County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Dust Mohammad. History After the 2006 National Census, Miyankongi District was separated from Zabol County in the est ...

, Sistan and Baluchestan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,385, in 444 families. Milak is situated on the

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

-Iran border. It is one of the major junctions that connects land-locked Afghanistan to international waters through Iran. After the collapse of the

Taliban government The government of Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and informally known as the Taliban government, is the central government of Afghanistan, a unitary state. Under the leadership of the Taliban, the government is ...

in Afghanistan, Milak lost importance in the transit of goods to Afghanistan. In recent years, Afghanistan, Iran and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

have agreed to reactivate the Milak route by building a new international

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hub in

Chabahar Chabahar ( (); ) is a city in the Central District (Chabahar County), Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is ...

, connected to Milak. In 2004, the governments of Iran and Afghanistan officially reopened the Milak-

Zaranj Zaranj ( Persian/Pashto/) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, which has a population of 160,902 people as of 2015. It is the capital of Nimruz Province and is linked by highways with Lashkargah and Kandahar to the east, Farah to the north an ...

border crossing, which is heavily used today. There is also a project for a railway connection to

via

Zahedan Zahedan (Balochi language, Balochi and ; ) is a city in the Central District (Zahedan County), Central District of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, th ...

. The Milak-Zaranj Bridge crosses the

Helmand River The Helmand river (Pashto/Dari: ; Ancient Greek: Ἐτύμανδρος, ''Etýmandros''; Latin: '), also spelled Helmend, or Helmund, Hirmand, is the longest river in Afghanistan and the primary watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin. It o ...

References

External links

* http://www.unece.org/trans/doc/.../ECE-TRANS-WP5-GE2-02-pres07e.pdf *

Populated places in Hirmand County Afghanistan–Iran border crossings {{Hirmand-geo-stub