_Kala Khan Taraki._--A fort in the Ghilzai country, about 20 miles from Mukur, and upon the direct road to Shalkot. It is situated in the centre of a populous region. The garrison, composed of levies from the Taraki Ghilzais, numbers 200 horse and 100 foot. Four thousand men can be called up in the neighbourhood. _Kala Khoja._--A fort in Afghan-Turkestan, north of Bamian, upon the road to Kamard and between Saighan and Dasht-i-Sufed. Kala Khoja is the largest of several forts, all situated in this district. _Kala Khoja._--A village and fort in Wakhan, on the bank of the Panja. _Kala Khushk-i-Jamburan._--A small fort 16 miles north-east by east of Sabzawar. It is situated in a fertile plain, 20 miles in breadth, enclosed by hills upon three sides. _Kala Khan._--A fort 30 miles south of Lake Abistada. _Kala-i-Langar._--At this point, which is 222 miles from Dera Ismail Khan and 68 miles from Ghazni on the Ghwalari road, there are two forts, each containing about 80 houses. The larger fort is a square, 100 yards in length with mud walls 20 feet high and 6 feet thick, flanked by towers. It is one of the strongest forts in Katawaz. The inhabitants belong to the Suliman Khel Ghilzais. _Kala Mahomed Husen._--A fort in the Jelalabad district and situated 15 miles from Jelalabad. _Kala Mama._--A fort in Wazikhwah district of the Ghilzai country. It lies on the road from the Kundar to Kandahar, 12 miles from Khan Taraki, and some 32 miles from Mukur. The fort contains mounted lines besides quarters for infantry. It contains two wells and a few shops. The walls are pierced by three gateways. _Kala Mir Alam._--A fort in Shorawak, on the road from Kandahar to Kalat. It is capacious and neatly constructed of mud, with eight towers on each face besides the corner bastions. Close by there is a canal from the Lora river. _Kala-i-Nadar._--An abandoned fort 52 miles from Kandahar upon the road to Herat. It is of large dimensions, with a good supply of water; the adjacent country is well cultivated. _Kala Najil._--A fort 88 miles from Jelalabad and 41 miles from Farakhan, containing 300 houses. _Kala Nao._--A fort 20 miles north-east of Herat, and north of the Serabund mountains. Once a place of some importance and a depôt for caravans going from Persia to Bokhara; it is surrounded now only by the encampments of nomadic Hazaras. _Kala Panj._--A fort in Wakhan, upon the left bank of the Panja just below the junction of the Sar-i-Kol and Langar Kisht branches. _Kala Rahim Khan._--A fort 60 miles south of Ghazni, and west of Lake Abistada. _Kala Ramzan Khan._--A fort 3 miles south of Kalat-i-Ghilzai, on the road from Ghazni to Kandahar.