TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan - Regardless of what a unit's mission may be, the need of water, fuel, food and equipment are essential to the success of the mission's outcome. In order to assist the ...

TARIN KOWT, AFGHANISTAN — A dozen Dutch soldiers emerge from their belching armored carriers, scan the area for danger and begin setting up checkpoints outside the Sar Sheykhil police station.

At the gate of Forward Operating Base Tiger, nearly halfway between Kandahar and Tarin Kowt, there are also daily reminders of a war being fought as much for democracy and development as for security.

I'm presently on my third and likely last deployment before I retire again next year. After my first deployment to Iraq in 2008, I was redeployed to Helmand Province from April to November of 2009.

Insurgents have carried out a gun and bomb attack in the south Afghan town of Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, leaving at least 22 dead, officials say. They said the violence included three suicide ...

As Afghan farmers were preparing to rise and tend their poppy fields, just across the valley, the Defence Minister, John Faulkner, spoke to Australian troops at the dawn service in Tarin Kowt.

TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan - After a long day of pulling guard duty, repairing vehicles and equipment or advising Afghan leaders in the Uruzgan Province, the Soldiers of Tarin Kowt look forward to ...

TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan -- When Sultan Mohammad's wife went into labor in Uruzgan Province last week, the medical clinic in Deh Rawood was not an option -- it had been shut down along with other local ...

Six children are killed by a bomb hidden in rubbish in the Afghan city of Tarin Kowt, while five Nato soldiers die in separate attacks in the south.

TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan — A shy boy with filthy hands and a shabby tunic approached the great man, bowed and tried to kiss his hand. Gen. Matiullah Khan was seated like a sultan on a cushion in ...

Insurgents have carried out a gun and bomb attack in the south Afghan town of Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, leaving at least 22 dead, officials say. They said the violence included three suicide ...

Insurgents launch a gun and bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 22 people dead, including a BBC reporter.