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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]
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 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 ...
On 25 May, [citation needed] the Taliban entered Mazar-i-Sharif with 2,500 heavily armed men. [11] They began to impose Sharia law, shut down schools and Balkh University , drove women off the streets, [ 11 ] and, most significantly, try and disarm the local Hazara and Uzbek population by the end of May, [ 12 ] [ 11 ] contrary to the agreement ...
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 8 August 1998, amidst the Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif was attacked as the Taliban were besieging the city. Initially, only the deaths of eight Iranian diplomats was reported, but two other diplomats and a journalist were later confirmed dead as well, bringing the total casualty rate to 11 personnel. [1]
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.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif strongly condemned the bomb blast in the mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif and conveyed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the government and people of Afghanistan. [7] The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran offered condolences to the families of the dead and prayed for speedy recovery of the injured.