While agreements have specifically cited improvements for Afghan connectivity to the world as a benefit of Indian investment in the region,[333] Afghanistan's politically instability could limit the potential usefulness of transit corridors to population centers near Kabul or Kandahar,[334] as those routes traverse southern and eastern Afghanistan, where the Taliban is most active.[335] The Chabahar plan relies upon connections to the Afghan Ring Road.[336] By August 2016, the Taliban was noted to have captured large swathes of land in Helmand Province, and threatened to capture the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah,[337] which lies on the portion of the Afghan Ring Road connecting Chabahar to Kandahar and Kabul.