Mazar-i-Sharīf (/məˈzæri ʃəˈriːf/ mə-ZARR-ee shə-REEF; Dari and Pashto: مزار شریف), also known as Mazar-e Sharīf or simply Mazar, is the fourth-largest...
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The fall of Mazar-i-Sharif (or Mazar-e-Sharif) in November 2001 resulted from the first major offensive of the Afghanistan War after American intervention...
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Mazar-e-Sharif International Airport (Dari: میدان هوائی مزار شریف, Maydâne Hawâyiye Mazâre Šarif; Pashto: مزار شریف نړیوال هوايي ډګر) (IATA: MZR, ICAO:...
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The Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif were a part of the Afghan Civil War and took place in 1997 and 1998 between the forces of Abdul Malik Pahlawan and his Hazara...
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Mausoleum of Imam Ali (redirect from Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif)
of Ali (Persian: مَقَام عَلِيّ, romanized: Maqām ʿAlī), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a mosque which some Sufi Sunnis believe contains the...
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Battle of Qala-i-Jangi (redirect from Mazar-E Sharif prison during the riot)
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...
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revolted with Dostum’s support. Dostum, through this, took over control of Mazar-e Sharif.: 101 This resulted in widespread looting. At this point Junbish was...
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The 1998 Mazar-i-Sharif massacre took place in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan in 1998. At least 2,000 victims were murdered by the Taliban, with Human Rights...
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fled. According to the representative of the reconnaissance unit in Mazar-e-Sharif Matveev, when the detachment returned on the same road, the decomposed...
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Atta Muhammad Nur (category Jamiat-e Islami politicians)
Abdul Rashid Dostum, fled Mazar-e-Sharif to Uzbekistan in August 2021. Atta Muhammad Nur, was born in 1964 in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Balkh province. Atta...
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airline headquartered in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. From 1996 to 1997, it operated passenger flights out of Mazar-e-Sharif Airport using a single Boeing...
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girl from Mazar-e-Sharif who is deeply upset. Parvana leads her home at night, and soon the girl, named Homa, tells them that Mazar-e-Sharif has been captured...
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with Mazar-e Sharif as provincial capital. The province incorporated the territories of the present-day provinces of Balkh, Kunduz, Jowzjan, Sar-e Pol...
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2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings (category Mazar-i-Sharif)
bombings were a pair of bombings in the Afghan capital of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. The Kabul suicide bombing took place at around noon local time, on...
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them from Mazar-e-Sharif. In October 1997, Dostum returned from exile and retook charge. After Dostum briefly regained control of Mazar-e-Sharif, the Taliban...
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Iran - Mazari Sharif". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran). Retrieved 15 February 2022. "Consulate General of Pakistan - Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan"....
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is multi-ethnic and mostly a Persian-speaking society. The city of Mazar-i-Sharif serves as the capital of the province. The Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad...
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21 April 2022, a powerful bomb rocked the Shia Seh Dokan mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan killing at least 31 people and injuring...
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northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. He began his primary schooling in theology at the local school in his hometown, then went to Mazar-e-Sharif and later to...
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recaptured numerous, vital territories against the Taliban such as in Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunduz and Kabul. He is a Tajik from Panjshir Province. General Baryalai...
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on the highway leading south, which connects the city to Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif through Aliabad district. They reportedly made their largest gains in...
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travelling on horse back. In late November 2001, Mitchell responded to Mazar-e-Sharif and led a fifteen-person special forces team, made up of British and...
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which connects the major Afghan cities Herat, Kandahar, Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. In March 2012, ships from India docked at Chabahar carrying 100,000...
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seek political and military aid from the Russian Empire. He died in Mazar-e Sharif trying to reach the Russian border, leaving the throne to his son Mohammad...
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Mazar-i-Sharif, passing through Samangan on the way, and then passes west and eventually ends at Herat, where it unites with AH1 and AH77 At Mazar-e-Sharif...
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Operation Red Wings (redirect from Shane E. Patton)
(May) Nadahan 2011 Logar Kabul hotel Nimruz Zabul Kabul (Sep) Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif 2012 Raids Camp Bastion FOB Salerno Attack 2013 Farah Kabul court Kabul...
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1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan (redirect from Killed Iranian Diplomats in Mazari Sharif)
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...
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Khan were Naib -ul- Hukuma's (all of them were Shaghasi) Barakzai. In Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat Abdul Karim and Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (later Minister) were...
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terminates in irrigation canals in the area of the cities of Balkh and Mazar-e Sharif or in the desert. In times of exceptional flood the river drains into...
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abandoned safe houses of various Islamist groups, for example in Kabul, Mazar-e Sharif and Kandahar (Afghanistan), as well as in destroyed training camps....
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