History of Quetta or Kwatta’h
Kwatta’h (کوټه) in Pashto means ‘a mound, a heap, a pile of earth, stones, etc’. The town of Afghan district of Shal was called Kwattah from its being situated on a mound. English writers erroneously called the town Quetta. A story is told by Brahuis that that Ahmad Shah Abdali in conferring the district on … Read more