Tarinkot District

Tarin Kot
تیرینکوت
District
Tarin Kot

Location within Afghanistan[1]

Coordinates: 32°40′48″N 65°55′12″E / 32.68000°N 65.92000°E / 32.68000; 65.92000
Country  Afghanistan
Province Uruzgan Province
U.S. Army soldier watching Afghans pass during a logistics inspection in Tarinkot.

Tarinkot District is a district of Urozgan Province, Afghanistan.[1] The capital of the district and the province is the town called Tarinkot.

In Tarinkot district, two Pashtun tribal confederations are represented. The Tareen tribes: Popolzai, Barakzai, Achakzai; and the Ghilzai tribes: Tokhi, Hotak, Suleiman-Khel.

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References

  1. 1 2 "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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