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    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 fifth-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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  • 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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    Balkhi International Airport, is located about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, which is around 15 minutes of driving distance...
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    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...
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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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    defenders of which took refuge in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. On the night of 18 April, the governor of Mazar-i-Sharif, Mirza Kasym, summoned the Soviet Consul...
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    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...
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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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  • Mazar-i-Sharif Province is a defunct province of Afghanistan, which in 1964 was divided into Balkh Province and Jowzjan Province. The former province's...
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  • Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) On 25 May 2022, three explosions hit a group of minivans in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province...
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    a loose partner of Massoud in the Northern Alliance. A year later, Mazar-i-Sharif was overrun by his former aide Abdul Malik Pahlawan, resulting in a...
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    and Mazar-i-Sharif. The pass was heavily defended, but the Northern Alliance seized it on 9 November, triggering a Taliban retreat from Mazar-i-Sharif. The...
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    General Dostum outside Mazar-i-Sharif. One of the Task Force Dagger's primary strategic objectives was to capture Mazar-i-Sharif and an airfield so the...
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  • 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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  • 70000°N 67.11667°E / 36.70000; 67.11667 Provincial Reconstruction Team Mazar-i-Sharif was a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan, and was part of...
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  • Afghanistan immediately after the September 11 attacks and up to the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid...
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  • The 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack occurred on 1 April 2011 when a group of demonstrators attacked the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)...
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    Dostum's forces were defeated by the Taliban during the Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1997 and 1998; Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Pervez Musharraf,...
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    "UNHCR Sub-Office MAZAR-i-SHARIF DISTRICT PROFILE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. "UNHCR Sub-Office MAZAR-i-SHARIF District Profile"...
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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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     Finland – Stationed in four provinces around Mazar-i-Sharif, as all of Finnish troops serve in the PRT Mazar-i-Sharif since early 2009. Two Finnish soldiers...
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  • 1997, he arrested Khan and handed him over and let the Taliban enter Mazar-i-Sharif, giving them control over most of Northern Afghanistan. Because of this...
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    them from Mazar-i-Sharif. In October 1997, Dostum returned from exile and retook charge. After Dostum briefly regained control of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Taliban...
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    lines in the north and northwest of the country. The first is between Mazar-i-Sharif and the border town of Hairatan in Balkh province, which then connects...
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  • attackers rammed a truck bomb into the wall of the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan on 10 November 2016. Six people were killed (as well as...
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    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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    2016. Retrieved 17 May 2021. UNHCR Sub-Office Mazar-i-Sharif (10 April 2002). "District Profile: Dahana-i-Ghori" (PDF). Afghanistan Information Management...
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    Kabul Herat Jalalabad Kandahar Mazar-i-Sharif Kunduz Lashkargah Puli Khumri Farah Ghazni Maymana Khost The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million...
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    the capital until the governor Muhammad 'Alam Khan transitioned to Mazar-i-Sharif between July 1869 and 1873/74. In the 19th century, Afghan Turkestan...
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