In Afghanistan he was part of the Sistan province of Farah-Chakansur that was secreted in the administrative reorganization of 1964 to form the province of Nimruz with capital Zaranj.
Meja je bila natančneje opredeljena z drugo Sistansko komisijo za meje (1903-1905), ki jo je vodil polkovnik Arthur Mac Mahon (pozneje "sir"), ki je imel težko nalogo zaradi pomanjkanja naravnih meja.