Battle of Tarinkot

November 13โ€“14, 2001

Result Northern Alliance/American victory

American special forces ODA 574 and Hamid Karzai entered Uruzgan with a small guerrilla force while Tarinkot's residents rose against the Taliban. The town fell to Karzai's force with US air support.

Coalition

Taliban

Strength and losses

Afghanistan Strength 30โ€“60

United States Strength 11

Strength
50โ€“500