Taftan () () is a trunk road and railway town in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over from Quetta.

It is northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called Taftan, wholly in Iran.

Taftan, Balochistan

At its western extreme, the border crossing point of Iran is Mirjaveh.

Taftan, Balochistan

Transport

It is on the N40 road. This becomes the road 84 in Iran's system, and which meanders via Kerman to a number change west of Rafsanjan.

Taftan, Balochistan

It is served by its railway station on the line commonly described as the Quetta-Taftan Line but which, since 1940, continues to Zahedan, Iran.

References

External links

Exclusive report on Baluch Wall - 11 June 2007

Iran–Pakistan border crossings

Populated places in Chagai District

Smuggling routes

Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan