The city is situated south of the Wesh–Chaman border crossing with the neighbouring Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

[2][3][4][5] There is little verifiable evidence to a singular and apparently unfounded claim that the name partly derived from that of a Hindu trader in the city before the partition, as the area was known as Chaman much before this period.

[7] Thousands of Afghan refugees enter Pakistan via the Chaman route on a regular basis.

[10] In December 2022, the Afghan Taliban forces launched indiscriminate fire at the Chaman border, twice in a week and caused civilian casualties on the Pakistani side.

Besides, they import Japanese, Chinese and UAE phones, cosmetics, perfumes, and many other consumer goods from Afghanistan to Pakistan.