Tarin Kowt
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| Province | Oruzgan |
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| Population | 10,000 |
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| Time zone | GMT+04:30 Kabul (UTC) |
Tarin Kowt is the capital of Oruzgan (also written "Uruzgan") province in southern Afghanistan. It is a small and dusty town of about 10,000 people, with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar. There are no medium- or large-scale economic enterprises in the city. The provincial governor, currently Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib, lives and works in a compound adjacent to the bazaar. It has a sizeable population of about 2000 arabs mainly of Iraqi origin.
Tarin Kowt is isolated, its only airstrip is on the military base of the NATO-ISAF-led Provincial Reconstruction Team. Its only access to the outside is a broken and insecure road to the regional center of Kandahar to the south. However, as of March 2007, the United States Army Corps of Engineers[1] began construction of a road from Tarin Kowt thru Dihrawud to Oshay. The United States Army Corps of Engineers also started paving and bridge construction on the road to Kandahar in March 2007. As of Summer 2006, NATO and Afghani troops have established Forward Operating Base (FOB) Martello [2] along the Kandahar - Tarin Kowt road. The Dutch have established Kamp Holland.
FOB Martello began as FOB Ripley names after John Ripley. It was established by a Joint Task Force made up mainly of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) ( 22ndMEU SOC) in May 2004. At the time, the region was believed to be the last main stronghold of the Taliban regime and Anti-Coalition Forces. After the 22nd MEU SOC led Operation Mountain Storm, most of the Taliban forces moved to the mountainous region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, tribal conflict has continued to complicate allied attempts of peace in the region.
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