:Delaram

Delaram was initially a city in Khash Rod District in Nimruz Province, but was administratively transferred to Farah Province in 2007 for a short time as a separate district. Delaram transitioned to Farah Province following a period of violence between ISAF and the Taliban, in which the Afghan Border Police were brought in to restore order.Gina Gillespie FMT PRT Farah. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070816201516/http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/mirror/2007/mirror_39_200704.pdf Delaram joins Farah]. ISAF Mirror, Issue 38, April 2007. Delaram was then transferred back to Nimruz Province and remained a separate district of Nimruz.

Delaram has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Delaram is 18.9 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 106 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 31.9 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 6.1 °C.

{{Weather box

| location = Delaram

| metric first = Yes

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| Jan high C = 13.2

| Feb high C = 15.9

| Mar high C = 22.4

| Apr high C = 27.7

| May high C = 33.9

| Jun high C = 39.4

| Jul high C = 40.8

| Aug high C = 39.2

| Sep high C = 34.5

| Oct high C = 28.4

| Nov high C = 20.9

| Dec high C = 15.3

| Jan mean C = 6.1

| Feb mean C = 8.8

| Mar mean C = 14.8

| Apr mean C = 19.6

| May mean C = 25.1

| Jun mean C = 30.0

| Jul mean C = 31.9

| Aug mean C = 29.7

| Sep mean C = 24.4

| Oct mean C = 18.4

| Nov mean C = 11.5

| Dec mean C = 7.1

| year mean C =

| Jan low C = -1.0

| Feb low C = 1.7

| Mar low C = 7.2

| Apr low C = 11.6

| May low C = 16.3

| Jun low C = 20.6

| Jul low C = 23.0

| Aug low C = 20.2

| Sep low C = 14.4

| Oct low C = 8.5

| Nov low C = 2.2

| Dec low C = -1.0

| rain colour = green

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/1058546/

|title = Climate: Delaram - Climate-Data.org

|accessdate = 9 September 2016}}

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Forward Operating Base Delaram, with elements of the ANA 215th Corps and U.S. Marines, was located near the town of Delaram.https://www.2ndmardiv.marines.mil/News/Article/Article/515602/afghan-police-marines-work-together-securing-delaram/ The base was transferred to the Afghan National Army in April 2014{{Cite web |title=NATO Resolute Support {{!}} Home |url=https://rs.nato.int/rsm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809115511/http://www.rs.nato.int/about/leadership/maj.-gen.-tim-radford.html |archive-date=2016-08-09 |access-date=2021-05-18 |website=rs.nato.int}} and later became the headquarters of 4th Brigade, 215th Corps, which was formed in 2012, prior to the Taliban takeover in 2021.

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The Delaram–Zaranj Highway, also known as Route 606, is a 217-km or 135-mile-long two-lane road built by India in Afghanistan, connecting Delaram in Farah Province with Zaranj in neighbouring Nimruz Province near the Iranian border.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/23/stories/2009012355311200.htm |title=India hands over strategic highway to Afghanistan |date=2009-01-23 |accessdate=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203072429/http://hindu.com/2009/01/23/stories/2009012355311200.htm |work=The Hindu |archivedate=2009-02-03 }} It connects the Afghan–Iranian border with the Kandahar–Herat Highway in Delaram, which provides connectivity to other major Afghan cities via A01, including to India's planned mining operation in Hajigak mining concession. Route 606 reduces travel time between Delaram and Zaranj from the earlier 12–14 hours to just 2 hours. India-Iran signed an agreement in May 2016 to connect it to Port of Chabahar with rail and road links.

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