Bahramcha

Bahramcha is the capital of Dishu District in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province. It has an estimated population of about 19,032 people. There is an official border post near the Durand Line, which is one of the routes used by the Afghans in Pakistan to enter Afghanistan.

Smuggling route

During the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Bahramcha was sometimes used by suspected Taliban members to export poppy to Pakistan for processing, becoming an important center of the Opium [production in Afghanistan|Helmand opium trade]. It is claimed that the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance killed over 100 Taliban fighters during a raid in 2011, which badly crippled that trade.