Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of west-central Pakistan west-southwest of Lahore. Ringed by mountains, it lies at the northwest end of the strategic Bolan Pass.
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- proper noun A
city in the Balochistan Province ofPakistan and capital of the district by that name.
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Examples
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QUETTA: A number of schools, including at least two girls 'schools, have closed down in Quetta after threatening letters were received by their managements.
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Monday, 02 Feb, QUETTA: A Shia Muslim was killed Monday in a drive-by shooting in Quetta, AFP has learnt.
Pak Tea House 2009
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QUETTA: Unidentified men on a motorbike killed two Shia Muslims in an apparent sectarian attack in Quetta on Monday, police said.
unknown title 2009
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Omar and other leaders of the Afghan Taliban are thought to be based primarily in Quetta, a sprawling Pakistani city that the Islamabad government does not allow CIA drones to patrol.
U.S. military campaign to topple resilient Taliban hasn't succeeded Greg Miller 2010
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Omar and other leaders of the Afghan Taliban are thought to be based primarily in Quetta, a sprawling Pakistani city that the Islamabad government does not allow CIA drones to patrol.
Taliban unscathed by U.S. strikes Greg Miller 2010
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Until he was captured in Quetta by Pakistani intelligence agents in October 2005 and handed over to the CIA, he went wherever the jihad travelled.
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In the mind of the ISI, India uses its new consulates in Afghanistan to back rebels in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, whose capital, Quetta, is only a few hours 'drive from Kandahar.
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In the mind of the ISI, India uses its new consulates in Afghanistan to back rebels in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, whose capital, Quetta, is only a few hours 'drive from Kandahar.
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There have been sporadic reports of sightings, including one in Quetta, south-west Pakistan, in November last year, but nothing substantiated.
11/13/2004 2004
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A few days later, one of the Taliban leaders brought his sick mother to Dr. Samar's clinic in Quetta (she is known as an excellent physician).
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