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1910

 
 
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Bolan Railway, near Panir.

This railway connected Quetta to the Indus Plains and Bolan Pass

The Bolan Railway was built in the 1880s to connect Sibi with Quetta, Balochistan's capital. In the 1890s it was extended to Chaman, on the southern Afghan frontier. The British had hoped to extend it to nearby Kandahar, but the Amir of Afghanistan, understanding this as a threatening imperial move,
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