Sistan and Baluchestan Province is the second largest of the 31 Provinces of Iran, after Kerman Province, with an area of 180,726 km2. Its capital is the city of Zahedan. The province is in the southeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nimruz or Nimroz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also bordering the Afghan provinces of Farah and Helmand. It has a population of about 186,963 people. The province is divided into five districts, encompassing about 649 villages.
Zaranj 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 and the Iranian city of Zabol to the west.
Zabol County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zabol.
Khash Rod District or Khashrowd is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. It had a population of 35,381 in 2004, which was 55% ethnic Pashtun, 20% Baloch, 15% Brahui and 10% Tajik. The district capital is Ghorghori.
Khash is a city in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Delārām is a city in the northern part of Nimruz Province, in southern Afghanistan. It is a major transportation center, with several major road converging on the area, including Kandahar–Herat Highway, Route 515 to Farah, Route 522 to Gulistan and Route 606 to Iran. The district center contains a large bazaar.
Route 606, also known as Delaram-Zaranj Highway, also officially designated as NH49, is a 218 km roadway in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan connecting the Delaram District in Afghanistan to the border of Iran. The opposite way goes towards the south near Zaranj, Afghanistan. It is one of the busiest roads in Afghanistan and provides an important trade route between Iran and the rest of Asia. It was developed by India's Border Roads Organisation.
Nukabad is a city in the Central District of Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the county.
Adimi is a city in the Central District of Nimruz County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for Adimi Rural District.
Deh Qaleh is a village in, and the capital of, Irandegan Rural District of Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Bayatabad is a village in, and the capital of, Kuh Sefid Rural District of the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Nazil is a village in Nazil Rural District of Nazil District, Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as the capital of the district.
Dejang-e Bala is a village in, and the former capital of, Taftan-e Jonubi Rural District of the Central District of Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the rural district has been transferred to the village of Tamandan.
Tamandan is a village in, and the capital of, Taftan-e Jonubi Rural District of the Central District of Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Dejang-e Bala.
The Dasht-e Khash, also Dasht-e Khash or Dasht-e Khāsh. is a desert in Afghanistan's Nimruz Province. The desert is adjacent to the Dasht-e Margo. Located at 620 meters above sea level, it is among the five major deserts in Afghanistan, the other four being Dasht-e-Leili, Dasht-e Margo, Dasht-e Naomid, and Registan Desert.
Ghorghori city or Ghurghuri, also called Ghor Ghori is a town and capital of Khash Rod District of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan.
Nimruz County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Adimi.
The capture of Zaranj, the capital of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan, occurred on 6 August 2021. According to local officials, only the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and its forces had put up a fight against the Taliban, but they too eventually surrendered to the Taliban. Local officials had been requesting reinforcements but received no response. Zaranj was the first provincial capital to be taken by the Taliban in their 2021 offensive and the first one to be captured since Kunduz in 2016.
