The '''Bolan Pass''' is in Pakistan. This route is only open at this time for locals and aid workers.

Understand

This is an alternative to the Khyber Pass further North. See comments there; the ethnic groups and dangers are similar.

Talk

The local language is Pushtu, but many people also speak Pakistan's Urdu or Afghanistan's Dari. A few speak English.

Cities

The pass links Kandahar in Afghanistan to Quetta in Pakistan. There are small towns in between.

Get in

See

A British-led army of mostly Indian troops marched through here during the Second Afghan War, in 1839. Those interested in military history could see the battlefields. The British defeat at Maiwand, near Kandahar, is where Sherlock Holmes' friend Doctor Watson was wounded.

Stay safe

This area, as of mid-2008, is definitely not safe.