Pishin

Pishin is a city in Balochistan that serves as the administrative headquarters of Pishin District in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It lies in the northwest of the province near the border with Afghanistan. The area was part of the Afghan Durrani Empire until the British Empire established Pishin as a military and civil station in 1883, and it figured in the Anglo-Afghan Wars; during World War II the British built two airbases in the district. The region is known in Balochistan for fruit production, notably apples. Summer temperatures can reach 40 degrees Celsius and winter temperatures can fall below freezing. The 2023 census counted 107,646 residents.