TARIN KOT, Afghanistan, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Central Afghanistan's Uruzgan province is under siege by Taliban militants in a coordinated attack to take control of the key district, authorities said ...

TARIN KOT, Afghanistan -- AK-47 rifles, Squad Automatic Weapons, Steyr AUG models, M-4 carbines and even the Singaporean SAR 21s were up for test fire during a weapons familiarization range Mar ...

TARIN KOT, Afghanistan -- Government forces and insurgents are using access to irrigation water as leverage to pressure civilians into supporting them or force their opponents out of their villages ...

TARIN KOT, Afghanistan - Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, played host to a major national and regional development shura (conference) Oct. 20, 2012. The conference, dubbed the "Unity of ...

Afghan officials deployed reinforcements to Tarin Kot, in Uruzgan province, and Afghan and U.S.-led NATO warplanes were carrying out airstrikes in an attempt to deter the latest Taliban advance ...

The Taliban said they broke into Tarin Kot’s prison, but Samim rejected the claim and said many of the inmates had been transferred to the airport. Boosting morale for government troops, General Abdul ...

TARIN KOT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan authorities are investigating why Taliban militants were able to push past checkpoints in the central city of Tarin Kot with such ease during a recent attack ...

On one of the coldest days yet in an usually brutal winter, Rietdijk, the Dutch reconstruction chief, met with Uruzgan Gov. Assadullah Hamdam in his ramshackle compound in Tarin Kot.

Tarin Kot’s normally bustling streets were empty and shops closed as local residents sought to flee the city, which has practically been besieged by the Taliban for months. President Ashraf Ghani’s ...

The Taliban has launched an offensive to take control of Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province. Its forces have entered the city and are engaged in heavy fighting with Afghan forces there. Tarin ...

Not far from Tarin Kot, nearly 20 graves of fallen Taliban have become a shrine. They are decorated with charred and twisted metal salvaged from vehicles hit by U.S. air-to-surface missiles.

Tarin Kot resident Ahmad Shah, a journalist who was stuck in his office, said, “The city is abandoned.” Uruzgan sits on the border of the southern province of Helmand, the hub of Afghanistan ...