Bahramcha (; Balochi ) is the center of

Dishu District Dishu is a district in the south of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan. Its population, which is 80% Pashtun and 20% Baloch, was estimated at 19,900 in 2012. The district centre is the village of Dishu; most of the settlements in ...

in the southern part of

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. It is a remote

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located to the north of the

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. There is a small official border-crossing between the two countries to the south of the town.

Smuggling route

During the

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, Bahramcha was sometimes used by the

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to export poppy to Pakistan for processing, becoming an important center of the 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.

References

Populated places in Helmand Province {{Helmand-geo-stub