US air raid kills 8 Afghan policemen

Edit Kashmir Observer 20 Sep 2016
The incident happened on Sunday in the Tali area of Uruzgan, where the Taliban recently attempted to overrun the provincial capital Tarin Kot in a major security breach ... ....

US Airstrike Allegedly Kills 8 Afghan Policemen

Edit Voa News 19 Sep 2016
The police personnel were guarding a security outpost on a main highway outside Tarin Kot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan, on Sunday evening, regional Highway Police Commander Samunwal Rahimullah Khan told VOA ... military spokesman has confirmed an airstrike was conducted in Tarin Kot on September 18, saying it targeted “individuals” firing on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)....

US airstrike kills at least seven Afghan police officers in Uruzgan

Edit The Guardian 19 Sep 2016
The US has launched airstrikes in the province to help Afghan security forces repel an offensive by the Taliban who recently came close to capturing the provincial capital, Tarin Kot ... In early September, after months of steadily gaining ground throughout the province, the Taliban made a sudden advance on Tarin Kot ... paid a rare visit to Tarin Kot....

US 'friendly fire' kills eight Afghan police

Edit The National 19 Sep 2016
KANDAHAR // A US air raid has killed eight Afghan policemen who were battling the Taliban, in the first apparent "friendly fire" incident since American forces were given greater powers to strike at insurgents ... The Taliban recently attempted to overrun the provincial capital Tarin Kot in a major security breach ... our Afghan partners in Tarin Kot on 18 September," Nato spokesman Charles Cleveland said ... * Agence France-Presse ....

Afghan Official Says Eight Police Officers Killed In U.S. Air Strikes

Edit Radio Free Europe 19 Sep 2016
The U.S ... Taliban fighters briefly entered Tarin Kot in early September, according to provincial officials, before being pushed back by security forces.  Based on reporting by Reuters, AP, AFP, and Pajhwok. ....

Eight Afghan policemen killed in US strike in Afghansitan

Edit The Oslo Times 19 Sep 2016
Sept.19, Kabul. US air strikes have killed eight Afghan policemen in the embattled southern province of Afghanistan, officials confirmed, as security forces, supported by US strikes, battle Taliban fighters. Rahimullah Khan, a provincial operational commander, said the first of two air strikes on Sunday afternoon killed one policeman at a checkpoint outside the provincial capital of Tarin Kot, while the second, killed seven others....

The Last Peach (General Produce Co LP)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Sep 2016
(Source. General Produce Co LP). A bit of panic sets in when we real­ize that sum­mer is all but over. Per­haps we did not get our req­ui­site fill of peaches, plums and nec­tarines. AUGH!. Putting together a din­ner party this late in the sea­son to high­light summer's best can still hap­pen. Mak­ing jams, spreads and pre­serves might be a lit­tle trickier ... Mel­ons are espe­cially exquis­ite in Sep­tem­ber ... General Produce Co ... (noodl....

Militants Attack Hospital In Southern Afghanistan

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 Sep 2016
Taliban militants are fighting government forces in the opium-producing province of Helmand and have threatened to overrun the provincial capital of Uruzgan Province, Tarin Kowt ... ....

Afghan forces mount offensive around besieged southern city

Edit Topix 12 Sep 2016
Taliban fighters on Thursday had attempted to overrun Tarin Kot, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing, but they were repelled hours later by Afghan forces bolstered by reinforcements ... ....

Ethnic tensions, Taliban attacks pose traps for Afghan leader

Edit The Himalayan 12 Sep 2016
At the same time, the Taliban have stepped up operations only weeks before a major conference of international donors to Afghanistan in Brussels. Last Thursday, the militant movement’s fighters appeared to walk right into the centre of Tarin Kot, capital of the central province of Uruzgan, and though the insurgents were pushed back, residents say it is now a ghost town of empty roads and shuttered shops ... But he added ...   ... ....

Afghan security forces plan push to relieve besieged provincial capital

Edit Topix 11 Sep 2016
Street-to-street fighting in Tarin Kot, the provincial capital, where Taliban fighters rampaged to within a few meters of the government center on Thursday, has quieted as the frontline has moved 15 to 20 km away, said Dost Mohammed Nayab, the provincial governor's spokesman ... ....

Afghan forces prepare to reclaim besieged provincial capital

Edit Arabnews 10 Sep 2016
1473530837280439200 ... Street-to-street fighting in Tarin Kot, the provincial capital, where Taliban fighters rampaged to within a few meters (yards) of the government center on Thursday, has quieted as the frontline has moved 15 to 20 km away, said Dost Mohammed Nayab, the provincial governor’s spokesman ... such as south-central Tarin Kot, as well as the capitals of the southern province of Helmand and the northern region of Kunduz ... ....

Afghan forces encircled by Taliban in provincial capital

Edit Arabnews 10 Sep 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1473450590422329300. Publication Date... Taliban insurgents had battled their way on Thursday to within a few hundred meters (yards) of key government buildings in Tarin Kot, the provincial capital home to as many as 70,000 people, while many local leaders fled to a nearby airport ... World. ....
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