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Locals of Mazar-i-Sharif enjoying rides at a small family amusement park in 2012. The city of Mazar-i-Sharif has a total population of 500,207, [1] and is the fourth-largest city of Afghanistan by population. [45] It has a total land area of 8,304 Hectares with 77,615 total number of dwellings. [46]
The Mausoleum of Ali (Persian: مقام علی, romanized: Maqām ʿAlī) or Blue Mosque (مسجد کبود), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a shrine purportedly housing the tomb of Caliph Ali, the first Imam of Shia Muslims (r. 656–661). Many pilgrims annually celebrate Nowruz at the site.
On November 7 and 8, as the Taliban were moving 4,000 fighters across the countryside towards Mazar-i-Sharif in preparation for battle, American [2] [14] B-52 bombers bombed Taliban defenders concentrated in the Cheshmeh-ye Shafa gorge that marked the southern entrance to the city, [16] as well as the Haji Gak pass, which was the only Taliban ...
The Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif. Muhammad Jaunpuri shrine, Farah, Farah Province; Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine, Herat, Herat Province; Shrine of Ali Karam Allah Wajho ("the Blue Mosque"), Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province; Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa shrine, Balkh, Balkh Province; Baba Hatim Ziyarat, Imam Sahib, Kunduz Province
Darbar-e-Jilani duthro Sharif The shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani, Duthro Sharif, Pakistan A mazār ( Arabic : مَزَار ), also transliterated as mazaar , also known as marqad ( مَرْقَد ) or in the Maghreb as ḍarīḥ ( ضَرِيْح ), is a mausoleum or shrine in some places of the world, typically that of a saint or ...
The Mazar-i-Sharif massacre was one of the worst incidents in the Afghan Civil War, and it highlighted the need for an end to the conflict. Although the massacre did not receive much global attention or garner much official outrage at the time, human rights organizations like Human Rights Watch have since conducted investigations shedding light ...
The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi in Afghanistan (sometimes also referred to as the "Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif") was a six-day military engagement following an uprising of prisoners of war who had been taken into custody by US-led coalition forces on 25 November 2001. The battle took place from 25 November to 1 December, in northern Afghanistan.
Mazar-e-Sharif District 14 Aug 2012: US Army [77] [78] Possibly part of Camp Marmal. Marmal: Mazar-e Sharif District: 2005: Present. Present. Present. 30 Jun 2014. 1 ...