Two security forces were killed and two others wounded in a Taliban attack in Uruzgan’s capital Tarinkot on Friday night.

Provincial governor’s spokesperson Zargi Ebadi said that the Taliban had attacked a security checkpoint in the eastern part of Tarinkot at around 9:30 pm on Friday.

The clashes lasted an hour and 10 Taliban members were also killed and wounded.
The Taliban has yet to comment on the incident.
An unexploded mortar shell also killed a child and wounded another in Uruzgan’s Dehrawood district on Friday.