Tarin Kowt
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Tarinkot ترين کوټ |
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 Tarinkot
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| Coordinates: 32°37′36″N 65°52′24″E / 32.62667°N 65.87333°ECoordinates: 32°37′36″N 65°52′24″E / 32.62667°N 65.87333°E | |
| Country |
 Afghanistan
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| Province | Urozgan Province |
| District | Tarinkot District |
| Elevation | 4,321 ft (1,317 m) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • City | 71,604 |
| • Urban | 71,604 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Tarinkot or Tarin Kowt (Pashto: ترين کوټ, Persian: ترینکوت) is the capital of Urozgan Province (also written "Uruzgan") in southern Afghanistan in the Tarinkot District. Tarinkot city has a population of 71,604 (2015), with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar.
In Tarinkot district, two major Pashtun tribal confederations are represented, Tareen tribes: Popolzai, Barakzai, Nurzai, Achakzai; and the Ghilzai tribes: Tokhi, Hotak. There are no medium or large-scale economic enterprises in the city. The provincial governor, currently Asadullah Hamdam, lives and works in a compound adjacent to the bazaar.
Tarinkot is a Provincial Centre in south central Afghanistan. The majority of land is classified as non built-up (69%) of which agriculture is 67%. Residential land accounts for 47% of built-up land. The airport is located within the municipal boundaries, accounting the second largest built-up land use (24%).
Historically, this locale remained a seat of some of the Tarin (or Tareen) Pashtun tribal sardars, as early as the 12th-13th centuries AD and some of them later migrated to the Indian subcontinent during the Mughal-Safavid War (1622-23).
This town in southern Afghanistan was of significant strategic value to the Taliban in 2001. On November 16, the citizens here rose up against their Taliban governor, which marked the first organized Pashtun resistance against the Taliban. Hamid Karzai, then an obscure statesman, was in the region at the time trying to build an insurgency/army while accompanied by an 11-man U.S. Special Forces team, known as ODA 574. The Taliban launched a counterattack, confronting Karzai and his militia who dug in to defend the town. With the help of U.S. air power, the U.S. and militia force drove the Taliban back from Tarinkot. This victory is regarded as the turning point for Karzai— the single battle which gave him credibility in Afghanistan's southern provinces, and among the Taliban opposition forces (including the Northern Alliance) as a credible war leader.
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