英语词汇“Mazar-i-Sharif”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“I was at a soccer game in Ghazi Stadium in 1998. Kabul against Mazar-i-Sharif, I think, and by the way the players weren’t allowed to wear shorts. Indecent exposure, I guess.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, people were standing in grocery store lines and talking about the cities of my childhood, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was born in Mazar-i-Sharif and lived there until his father moved the family to Jalalabad when Farid was ten. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had read about the Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif in the papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eleven people were killed when demonstrators stormed a U.N. compound in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, including seven foreign U.N. workers. Afghans protest over reported Koran desecration at U.S. base 2012-02-21T14:29:03Z

The sole breadwinner at his home in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Mubarez said he discovered rap in Iran and spits lyrics while cutting hair. Barber-turned-rapper crowned 'Afghan Star' in talent show 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

The farthest Mohammadi has ever traveled was to the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif when he was younger. Afghan boys from nominated film to walk red carpet 2013-02-07T17:30:11Z

Instead of the safe passage they had been promised, the soldiers were loaded into trucks and diverted to the ancient Qala-i-Jangi fortress on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z

Every few weeks, Ismail takes the fresh honey to Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, more than 50km away, where it’s sold to shops and consumed mainly by local customers. Busy bees turn Afghan schoolgirl into an entrepreneur 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

In a small, colourful art studio in Balkh's capital Mazar-i-Sharif, paintings adorn the walls and several young women, including Khushi, gather for a pencil drawing class. Art therapy offers relief to Afghan women struggling with mental health 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

Mohammad Saber Soltani, 50, from Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, lost his wife and two children in the shipwreck. On Italy’s Coast, Empathy Mixes With Frustration After Migrant Tragedy 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Armed men had shown up at Murtaza’s family home in Mazar-i-Sharif asking for him the day after the Taliban took the city in August 2021, according to home security camera footage shared with Reuters. Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

Anisa Mohammadi, 28, a lawyer in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, said she had bought a burqa because she feared that her honor would be questioned if she did not wear it. The Taliban Pressure Women in Afghanistan to Cover Up 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

One, which was claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State, killed at least 10 people at a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. Tensions Flare Between Neighbors After Afghan Man Kills Iranian Clerics 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

Two days later, another explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than two dozen, local officials said. Mosque Explosion Kills 33 as Deadly Week in Afghanistan Continues 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

The explosion was similar to Thursday's bomb which tore through a Shia Muslim mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 31 people and wounding 87. Afghanistan: Kunduz mosque attacked during Friday prayers 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

The first explosion tore through a Shia mosque in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday. Afghanistan: More than 20 dead and injured in two blasts 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

But at Rawze-e-Sharif shrine in Mazar-i-Sharif, the ceremony did not take place, according to a leader there who did not elaborate on the reason. Afghans mark Nowruz under Taliban with muted celebrations 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

A civil engineer from Herat, in western Afghanistan, she had been on the run from the Taliban for a month and was holed up with her husband and two young sons in Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan scholars find a warm welcome in Rwanda 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z

In the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province, one head teacher told us that there were no problems and girls were attending school as normal. Afghanistan: Girls' despair as Taliban confirms secondary school ban 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

Muska and her family were taken by bus to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and were then flown to Greece with six female colleagues. AP EXCLUSIVE: Afghan judges in Brazil still fear the Taliban 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

One Mazar-i-Sharif woman, who asked for her name not to be used, told news agency Reuters she had been shopping at a nearby market when she heard a large explosion near the mosque. Afghanistan: More than 20 dead and injured in two blasts 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

One October morning in Mazar-i-Sharif, dozens of men gathered downtown, carrying shovels cobbled together with rough wood and rusted metal. Afghan Economy Nears Collapse as Pressure Builds to Ease U.S. Sanctions 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z

Alemi, a psychiatrist, worked for the government’s provincial hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif. Prominent Afghan doctor kidnapped, killed in northern city 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

Donated by the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the tank is perched on top of two-story brick columns. In Afghanistan, climate change drives an uptick in child marriage 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

He pointed to some flights out of Mazar-i-Sharif that were supposed to be carrying a few Americans and some Afghan evacuees. 10,000 Afghans resettled two months after evacuation as questions mount over vetting 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

Already in Mazar-i-Sharif, the conditions for girls’ return are so restrictive that many are simply forgoing education altogether — an echo of the old order. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

In the late 1990s, Iran and the Taliban nearly went to war over the Taliban’s killing of 10 Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Friba, 40, was an appeals court judge from Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in Afghanistan’s north, before she fled to Greece. Female Judges in Afghanistan, Now Jobless and in Hiding 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Secondary schools remain closed for girls in much of the country, but in Mazar-i-Sharif, close to the border with Uzbekistan, local authorities have taken a different approach. In northern Afghanistan, girls' schools working despite ban elsewhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

Militia fighters gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif in July to receive instructions to defend the city against a Taliban attack. The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

“What is the point of school if we are not able to work?” said Anosha, 21, sitting in her family’s living room in Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Stacia George hired buses to take hundreds of Afghans, including many who worked for the U.S. government, to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif after the Taliban seized Kabul. Private groups aiding thousands in Afghanistan worry about dwindling funds 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

On Aug. 29, this group leader emailed a State Department official to say that they were prepared to fly 181 people, including some Afghan journalists, out of Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in northern Afghanistan. How the U.S. Helped, and Hampered, the Escape of Afghan Journalists 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

The difference between Mazar-i-Sharif and other areas is an example of the wide differences that exist between relatively modern and liberal cities and Afghanistan’s conservative rural heartlands where girls’ education has long been rare. In northern Afghanistan, girls' schools working despite ban elsewhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

More recently, gunmen attacked a U.N. compound in the city of Herat in July with rocket-propelled grenades killing a guard, while protesters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 2011 killed seven U.N. staff. UN envoy meets new Afghan interior minister wanted by U.S. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

In Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz city, another major hub in the north where middle and high schools have reopened to girls, fewer than half of many schools’ female students have returned to classes, teachers say. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Around an hour's drive away is Mazar-i-Sharif, the country's fourth largest city. Afghanistan: Life under Taliban rule one month on 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Several charter planes at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport have remained blocked throughout the past week amid unraveling State Department communication with the Taliban over documents required for passengers to board the flights. Trapped in Afghanistan: Those left behind grapple with unresponsive U.S., dimming hope of escape 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Maryam, a 15-year-old in the 10th grade from Mazar-i-Sharif, said she had been going to school without interruption, despite strict clothing requirements imposed by the Taliban. In northern Afghanistan, girls' schools working despite ban elsewhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

When Khalilzad, who was born in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, was appointed to be the special envoy in 2018, there was a growing political desire to leave Afghanistan. Brokering exit from Afghanistan, U.S. envoy Khalilzad became face of diplomatic debacle 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

In urban centers like Mazar-i-Sharif, education became a vital pathway to independence for young women over the past 20 years, and schools the center of their social worlds. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

The official could not say whether these Americans and third country nationals were among people stranded for days in Mazar-i-Sharif because their private charters have not been allowed to depart. Taliban to allow 200 Americans, other civilians to leave Afghanistan -U.S. official 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Planes chartered to carry people out of Afghanistan have been stuck at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport, with some organizers saying the State Department was not doing enough to facilitate their departure. Blinken calls on Taliban to allow charter flights to take off 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Blinken said he believed around 100 American citizens remain in Afghanistan, including “a relatively small number” seeking to leave Mazar-i-Sharif. Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

The team then attempted to secure a private charter flight from Mazar-i-Sharif but said the planes were not cleared for takeoff. Army vet behind Afghan evacuation mission says State Department provided little help 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

About 1,000 people, including Americans, have been stuck in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif for days awaiting clearance for charter flights to leave, an organiser told Reuters, blaming the delay on the U.S. Taliban fire in air to scatter Kabul protesters; no reports of injuries 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Tuesday Washington has identified a “relatively” small number of Americans seeking to depart from Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif. U.S. has identified a small number of Americans in Mazar-i-Sharif -Blinken 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, challenged the idea that Americans were at risk, saying the U.S. government "has not confirmed any Americans are in Mazar-i-Sharif trying to leave from the airport." Taliban claim control of Panjshir as evacuation flights await clearance 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

He contested claims that the Taliban have blocked charter flights from departing the Mazar-i-Sharif airport. Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Some are backed by wealthy Afghans who have offered the use of planes in cities like Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat and elsewhere. The First Afghan Rhodes Scholar Saved Her Father, and Wants to Do More 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

“It is a Taliban decision to ground flights in Mazar-i-Sharif,” the email said. U.S. Citizens and Afghans Wait for Evacuation Flights From Country’s North 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

The New York Times reported that organizers of evacuation flights in Qatar said the planes in Mazar-i-Sharif had received necessary clearance and were awaiting final Taliban approval. Some 1,000 people awaiting Taliban flight clearance from Mazar-i-Sharif -New York Times 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

A US lawmaker has accused the Taliban of stopping Afghans and Americans from leaving Afghanistan via Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. Planes stranded at Mazar-i-Sharif airport waiting to leave 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

But in the case of Mazar-i-Sharif, Mr. Blinken said, the Taliban have objected to charter flights that combine passengers who have valid travel documents and those who do not. Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif is a large city and major economic hub in the north of Afghanistan, close to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

Qatar has also provided diplomatic clearance for the flights to land, but the Taliban must first allow the planes to depart Mazar-i-Sharif. U.S. Citizens and Afghans Wait for Evacuation Flights From Country’s North 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

In a further sign of Kabul's airport resuming activity following the US withdrawal last week, Afghan airline Ariana announced the resumption of internal flights to three cities: Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. Afghanistan: Taliban break up women's rights protest in Kabul 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

In an email to members of Congress seen by CBS News, the State Department acknowledged there were charter flights at Mazar-i-Sharif that the Taliban will not allow to fly until they have approved the departure. Planes stranded at Mazar-i-Sharif airport waiting to leave 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

The Qatari news channel also said two domestic flights were operated from Kabul to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, civilian flights to operate soon - Qatari ambassador 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

In a video call from Mazar-i-Sharif, he pointed to the dirty floor of an abandoned building where a few blankets were piled - for now it is his new home. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

The official said refugees on the flight from Mazar-i-Sharif were taken to Ramstein Air Base in Germany to determine whether they should be allowed to come to the United States. Inside the Afghan evacuation: rogue flights, crowded tents, hope and chaos 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Most flew from Kabul but some came from a base just across the border near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, fleeing Taliban fighters who were storming the base after ground units collapsed. Exclusive-'They'll kill us' - Afghan pilots held at Uzbek camp fear deadly homecoming 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

In an August video provided by the WFP, Afghan women wearing head to toe-covering burqas and men in turbans line up for supplies at a U.N. food distribution centre in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Drought leaves Afghans hungry as economic collapse looms - U.N. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Poorly equipped anti-Taliban militia fighters near the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif last month, a few weeks before the government collapsed.Credit... Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Footage from Mazar-i-Sharif last week showed dozens of Afghans carrying suitcases and clutching plastic bags as they boarded buses to the capital, Kabul, in the hope of trying to leave. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

A former civil activist in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif said shops and restaurants appeared to have decided for themselves and turned off their radios. As Afghanistan adjusts to Taliban rule, music goes silent 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

The plane, which was provided by the government of Pakistan, flew from Dubai to Mazar-i-Sharif airport. WHO opens air bridge to Afghanistan with medical supplies 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

He would sit in the back of a 60-person passenger van as it passed through Taliban checkpoints, hoping no one knew he was headed to a military installation in Mazar-i-Sharif. For an Afghan father, escape was his gift to his daughters 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

In July he traveled to the western city of Herat, the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and the capital of Kabul just weeks before the cities fell, when the anxiety about a Taliban takeover was intensifying. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Karimi was born in 1970, the seventh of eight children, and grew up in the Afghan cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Brennan said the organization hoped to operate flights in the next few days into Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif with the support of Pakistani authorities. NATO allies struggle to keep Kabul airport open for aid after withdrawal 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Taliban attacks in and around Mazar-i-Sharif intensified last month as the group swept aside Afghan forces. With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

“But we are working with Pakistan particularly in the context of Mazar-i-Sharif airport,” he said. WHO: Kabul terror attack exhausted medical supplies, worsened humanitarian crisis 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

This summer, the group lost its stronghold in Mazar-i-Sharif to the Taliban. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Eventually he set up a small medical shop in Mazar-i-Sharif. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

"We all know about the Taliban relationship with China, and we fear they will come first for the people who fled," said a Uyghur woman in Mazar-i-Sharif who grew up in Xinjiang. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

When she did not hear back, the 29-year-old's father and cousin drove her from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul where she hoped to board a flight out of the country. With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

"They already start searching homes in Bamiyan, in Mazar-i-Sharif and in some part of Kabul," the relative said, as relayed by Alizada. Fears abroad for fate of Hazara minority as Taliban take control 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

Militia fighters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, once thought to be a bastion of anti-Taliban resistance, received orders for defending the city. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

By the time he fled Mazar-i-Sharif in 2016, he was supervising a team of 14, including seven technicians, in a workshop run by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

But in Mazar-i-Sharif, many miles from Kabul, it feels like a long shot. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Dastaqgir, the midwife, is from Mazar-i-Sharif in the north of Afghanistan. With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The Taliban seized Mazar-i-Sharif swiftly after breaking through the Afghan Army’s front lines. An Iconic Bridge Sees U.S. Allies Flee Afghanistan as the Soviets Did 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

Members of an anti-Taliban militia in Mazar-i-Sharif, a month before the Taliban would overrun their defensive positions and capture the city. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

After 2011, when Mazar-i-Sharif was reeling once again from attacks and suicide bombings, he became increasingly worried that his family was not safe. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Earlier this week, as the dust began to settle on the Taliban's blistering takeover of Afghanistan, a small group gathered at a house in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

On 14 August, Mazar-i-Sharif fell to the Taliban, with little resistance from Afghan troops, some of whom left the city and headed for the border with Uzbekistan at Haraitan. How the Taliban stormed across Afghanistan in ten days 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

"The Taliban never learn from the past," Dostum told reporters last week after flying back to Mazar-i-Sharif, while offering a not-so-subtle reference to the alleged massacre of the insurgents by his fighters in 2001. Afghan president flees country as Taliban takes control of Kabul 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

Rocks in the road mark a checkpoint near the border with Uzbekistan, north of Mazar-i-Sharif, manned by poorly equipped Afghan militia fighters. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

In the past several days, the Afghan forces have steadily collapsed as they battled to defend ever shrinking territory, losing Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s economic engine, to the Taliban on Saturday. Taliban Sweep in Afghanistan Follows Years of U.S. Miscalculations 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

A father in Mazar-i-Sharif described hiding in the house with his wife, children and extended family. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

The Taliban seized Mazar-i-Sharif barely an hour after breaking through the front lines at the city’s edge. Taliban Capture Strategic City as Biden Speeds Troop Deployment to Afghanistan 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

It followed the capture on Saturday of the government's northern bastion city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban control all key Afghan cities except Kabul 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

This is our live coverage of the latest developments in Afghanistan as the Taliban surrounds Kabul, after taking control of the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the last government stronghold in the country’s north. Afghanistan: Taliban close in on Kabul as last government stronghold in north falls – live updates 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

Taliban fighters captured the major city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul as Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the capital. Afghan militia leaders Atta Noor, Dostum escape 'conspiracy' 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif, a center of resistance to the Taliban during its earlier rule, was under attack Saturday, according to local reports. Taliban approaches outskirts of Kabul, attacks northern Afghan city 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

In the late 1990s, Mazar-i-Sharif was the site of pitched battles between the Taliban and northern militia groups that managed to push back the hard-line insurgents before the group took over the city in 1998. Taliban Capture Strategic City as Biden Speeds Troop Deployment to Afghanistan 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

Of Afghanistan's major cities, the government still holds Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border in the east, in addition to Kabul. U.S. troops arrive in Afghan capital to assist evacuations 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

Before dawn Tuesday, the message is from Eshan, of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan, where the Taliban are rapidly advancing. As Taliban surge, urgent pleas from former U.S. contract employees spur a Washington state man to help 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

In 1998 Tehran nearly went to war when Taliban militants killed at least eight Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist at the Iranian consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran asks Taliban to ensure safety of diplomats in Herat 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

Two of the four major cities that remain under government control — Lashkar Gah in the south and Mazar-i-Sharif in the north — are already under Taliban attack, as the insurgents push for total military victory. Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Move Closer to Capturing 2 Vital Cities 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

The fall of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar, the official said, could lead to a surrender of the Afghan government by September. U.S. Is Sending 3,000 Troops Back to Afghanistan to Begin Evacuations 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

The government still holds the main city in the north - Mazar-i-Sharif - and Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border in the east, as well as Kabul. Embassies get staff out of Afghanistan as Taliban claim two big cities 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif lies close to the borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and its loss would mark the complete collapse of government control over northern Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Desperate to stem the Taliban's advance, President Ashraf Ghani flew to Mazar-i-Sharif to rally old warlords to the defence of the biggest city in the north as Taliban forces closed in. Taliban battle government forces as U.S. fears Kabul could fall in 90 days 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

In a bid to rally government troops and militia forces, Mr. Ghani flew to Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of the northern Balkh Province and the only major northern city still under government control. Could the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan? Here’s What We Know. 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

The Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of Afghanistan's largest cities, Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif lies close to the borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and its loss would mark the complete collapse of the government's control over the north of Afghanistan. Afghanistan war: Afghan president rallies army in Taliban-besieged city 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

For now, however, the Afghan government’s most pressing problem is defending Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s economic engine and capital of Balkh Province, now effectively surrounded by the Taliban and cut off by ground from Kabul. Taliban Overrun 3 More Provincial Capitals, Increasing Pressure on Kabul 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

He will meet key regional leaders in Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban fighters capture eighth provincial capital in six days 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

In the town of Aibak, capital of Samangan province on the main road between Mazar-i-Sharif and the national capital, Kabul, Taliban fighters were consolidating their grip, moving into government buildings, residents said. Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as residents weigh options 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

They clashed with government forces on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province and another key northern city. Fear Sets in as Taliban Seize Former Bastions of Resistance 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

In the north, the key city of Mazar-i-Sharif is now largely surrounded, as the capitals of three neighboring provinces fell to the Taliban Sunday. The Propaganda War Intensifies in Afghanistan as the Taliban Gain Ground 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

Around Mazar-i-Sharif, especially, local forces have preyed on the Hazara community by recruiting young men for militias that operate without government approval. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

One potential solution, officials say, is to transfer contract maintainers to a nearby country such as Uzbekistan and bolster nearby bases in Afghanistan like the one in Mazar-i-Sharif, 20 minutes away. Afghanistan's air force is a rare U.S.-backed success story. It may soon fail. 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

The militants, ousted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, are in a position to advance from different directions on the biggest city in the region, Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as residents weigh options 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

German commanders banned drinking at their military base in Mazar-i-Sharif during the final weeks of the Afghan campaign. One for the road: German troops bringing back 65,000 beers, 340 bottles of wine from Afghanistan 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

At the base roughly 15 miles from his home in Mazar-i-Sharif, Mr. Jawad, 27, soon realized there was nothing in need of repair. Inside the Shadowy Militias Luring Unsuspecting Afghans to Fight, or Die 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Had the Taliban not attacked the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif late last month, Mr. Shujayee would be tending his small shop in the city. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The unassuming white leather high-top sneakers with green-and-yellow trim are a best seller for a roughly half-dozen shoe vendors in a sprawling bazaar in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. In Afghanistan, Follow the White High-Tops and You’ll Find the Taliban 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Two years later, Iran accused the Taliban of murdering several of it diplomats in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Pompeo hits Iran for al-Qaida support on his way out 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

From Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, he said he travelled through Pakistan, Iran, and the Balkans to reach France. Afghan migrant: I thought France was humane until police beat me 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

“The one-key is the most dangerous job on both sides of the war,” Mr. Jawad said, back in his home in Mazar-i-Sharif. Inside the Shadowy Militias Luring Unsuspecting Afghans to Fight, or Die 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Speaking from one of the gift-studded meeting rooms at his vast residence compound in Mazar-i-Sharif this month, Mr. Noor said the security forces had failed. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

He added that his clients were mostly from districts outside Mazar-i-Sharif, where fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan government is ongoing. In Afghanistan, Follow the White High-Tops and You’ll Find the Taliban 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Many of them were pulled back to Kabul with the closing of consulates in Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif, and at least two other diplomatic outposts around Afghanistan, as the United States military began to withdraw. As U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Diplomats Are Left to Fill Uncertain Mission 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — For nearly 24 hours, the center of Mazar-i-Sharif, one of Afghanistan’s economic hubs, became a front line for a battle that included machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and helicopter gunships. Afghan Warlord Escapes Arrest as Troops Turn City into War Zone 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

Sayid Mohammad, a tribal elder in Mazar-i-Sharif, said that he and other families complained last year to Balkh’s provincial council about the militia’s recruiting practices, and eventually Captain Saleh was fired. Inside the Shadowy Militias Luring Unsuspecting Afghans to Fight, or Die 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

The venue was a public outdoor arena in the middle of Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in Afghanistan’s north; tickets were 50 afghanis each, less than a dollar. In Afghan Blood Sports, the Animals Aren’t the Only Ones Fighting 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

When he arrived on Saturday in Mazar-i-Sharif, where there is a large Uzbek minority, General Dostum addressed a crowd of his supporters. Afghan Vice President Survives Attack on Convoy 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

Then he would visit northern cities like Sheberghan and Mazar-i-Sharif, just to be able to walk around them without fear. Our Dreams of Peace: Envisioning an End to War in Afghanistan 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

The agency reported Wednesday that the CH-53 helicopters were flying from Kunduz to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday night when they were fired by people on the ground. Afghanistan: German helicopters shot at, nobody injured 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

At Mazar-i-Sharif prison, in a small courtyard smelling heavily of cigarettes, women talk on phones, pace up and down, wash clothes and eat fruit. Afghan women still jailed alongside murderers for 'failing' virginity test | Fariba Housaini 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Hanif Rezaie, an army spokesman, says three others, including another foreign pilot, were wounded when the MI-14 helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from the base near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Helicopter crashes in northern Afghanistan, killing 3 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

The defenders repeatedly begged for air support and helicopter resupply from their regional command in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif; ammunition and food were perilously low. The Afghan Army’s Last Stand at Chinese Camp 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

For Fahim, his worst war memory was from when he witnessed, at age 11, the slaughter of Taliban prisoners in his hometown, Mazar-i-Sharif, in 1997. Our Dreams of Peace: Envisioning an End to War in Afghanistan 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

About 1,000 Belgian troops are currently active abroad: Forty soldiers are stationed in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, and 100 others are training local forces in Mali. Belgium May Have New Appeal for Millennials: Join the Army and Sleep at Home 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

“I lost my control. I wasn’t able to think properly,” he said in a recent interview conducted by telephone from the prison in Mazar-i-Sharif, the northern city where the orthopedic center is located. He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

If they could help Dostum capture Mazar-i-Sharif, that would open a beachhead into the rest of the country. Soldiers recount true story behind ‘12 Strong’ 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z

Over 15 years, Mr. Noor has developed a vast network of businesses and patronage centered on Balkh and the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, long a center of trade and interaction with Central Asia. The President, the Strongman, and the Next U.S. Headache in Afghanistan 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

The ensuing firefight raged through the terminal and its parking lots, killing two, wounding 17 and temporarily shutting down Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. In Afghanistan, a Destructive ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

The attack took place in the Afghan National Army 209th Corps headquarters at Camp Shaheen, in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Four U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Insider Attack in Afghanistan 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nasim shares a cell in the Mazar-i-Sharif prison with 40 others. He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

She is his third wife and the most educated, having studied English literature in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the 1990s. An Afghan leader caused a stir by posting pictures of his wife on Facebook 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

A few years ago, Hassanzada, then a TV presenter, fled to Kabul from Mazar-i-Sharif with her family after a group of men stabbed her younger brother in the street, demanding that she stop working. The female journalists defying taboos and braving death threats in Afghanistan | Sune Engel Rasmussen 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Some of the same players were involved in the fighting at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport. In Afghanistan, a Destructive ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

The northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif is relatively peaceful compared with other parts of the country, and the forces’ readiness at the base appeared to be slack. Four U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Insider Attack in Afghanistan 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Last year, 19,000 people were treated in the Mazar-i-Sharif facility, one of seven Red Cross orthopedic centers around the country. He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

The defense ministry has said more than 100 died or were injured in the Friday attack in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, but no exact numbers have been released. Mourning declared after scores of troops die in Afghan base attack 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif is one of Afghanistan’s safest cities but home to large military facilities, which also house some foreign troops. Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

He enjoyed the support of the Hizb-e-Islami faction at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport, who apparently provided the muscle that protected him — for a while. In Afghanistan, a Destructive ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

In more recent times, Mr. Zmarai was largely based in Mazar-i-Sharif, but his ambitions were national. He Was a Senior Afghan Government Official. Except He Wasn’t. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

It follows a suicide attack on the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday night that killed four people and wounded more than 100 others. Taliban bomber kills four Americans at NATO base in Afghanistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

After arriving in Mazar-i-Sharif to visit the base on Saturday, Ghani ordered that flags be flown at half mast on Sunday in memory of the troops who died. Mourning declared after scores of troops die in Afghan base attack 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

The US military confirmed that coalition personnel were present at the Mazar-i-Sharif base, but there were no reports of casualties among their number. Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

It follows a suicide attack on the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday night, which killed four people and wounded more than 100 others. Afghanistan suicide bomb kills at least four at Bagram airbase 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

At the end of his northern tour, Afghan security agents were waiting for him with handcuffs at the airport in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. He Was a Senior Afghan Government Official. Except He Wasn’t. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

The car exploded at the gate of the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif city, destroying the gate and wall around 11.10 p.m. World Digest: Nov. 10, 2016 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

The car exploded at the gate of the consulate in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, destroying the gate and wall around 11.10 p.m. Taliban Attack at German Consulate in Afghanistan Kills 6 and Wounds Over 120 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

One official in Mazar-i-Sharif, where the attack occurred, said on Saturday that at least 140 soldiers had been killed and many others wounded. Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least four civilians and wounding scores, officials said. At least four killed in Taliban raid on German consulate in Afghanistan 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

A second official said Mr. Zmarai was arrested as soon as the government helicopter he used during his northern tour landed in Mazar-i-Sharif. He Was a Senior Afghan Government Official. Except He Wasn’t. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

The heavily protected consulate is located in a large building close to the Blue Mosque in the center of Mazar-i-Sharif, where earlier this year, the Indian consulate was also attacked by militant gunmen. Several dead, scores wounded as blast rocks German consulate in Afghan city 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif is the provincial capital and one of the richest and most important cities in Afghanistan. Taliban Attack at German Consulate in Afghanistan Kills 6 and Wounds Over 120 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents struck at the German consulate in the northern commercial hub of Mazar-i-Sharif late Thursday night, killing at least two people and wounding at least 84, Afghan officials said. Taliban Strike German Consulate in Afghan City of Mazar-i-Sharif 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

The heavily protected consulate is located in a large building close to the Blue Mosque in the centre of Mazar-i-Sharif, where the Indian consulate was also attacked by militant gunmen earlier this year. At least four killed in Taliban raid on German consulate in Afghanistan 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

A Shiite mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif was hit at the same time, leaving four dead. Afghanistan's Shiites mark Ashura amid threats and violence 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Now traffic is mostly stalled on one of the country’s busiest stretches of highway, the section of the Ring Road between Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, an important economic center and gateway for travel to Uzbekistan. Taliban Cut Off Afghan Highway Linking Kabul to Northern Gateways 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

Many paid their way through Taliban checkpoints along the highway to reach Kunduz, and some said they would try to travel farther, to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif or Kabul. The Taliban's spring offensive is on, but Afghan forces make gains near strategic city 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

In the four years since he returned to Afghanistan after being deported from Iran, he lost contact with his wife and two children in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. New Afghan drug treatment facility helps homeless addicts get clean 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

In January, India's consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif was also attacked by insurgents. Afghan forces kill Indian consulate suicide attackers 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

The blast occurred just before 8 a.m. in Dehdadi district, not far from the Balkh provincial capital of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to a statement by the Ministry of Defense. Suicide bomber in Afghan city kills three, wounds 14 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

The northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif was cut off, as were road connections to eight northern provinces. Taliban Cut Off Afghan Highway Linking Kabul to Northern Gateways 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

Attaullah Khugyani said there were no reports of casualties from the blast, which followed an attack on the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday. Blast near consulate buildings in eastern Afghan city: official 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

In the consulate siege, which began on Sunday evening, a small group of militants occupied an empty house near the Indian Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh Province. Bombings Near Kabul Airport Add to String of Attacks Around Afghan Capital 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

And any illusion of national unity was dispelled shortly after the game, when gunmen stormed a building near the Indian Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, prompting a shootout with security forces. Afghanistan, in need of a distraction, loses a soccer heartbreaker 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

The volunteer librarian Arash, a 23-year-old computer engineer and interpreter from Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, is tidying the shelves, lining up Sherlock Holmes stories alongside Anna Karenina and Our Man in Havana. The horror of the Calais refugee camp: ‘We feel like we are dying slowly’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

It also severed the southbound road from Kunduz to both Kabul, the capital, and the economic hub of Mazar-i-Sharif to the west, near the border with Uzbekistan. Unhappy anniversary 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

That district is one of the most strategically important in the province because a road to the largest city in Afghanistan’s north, Mazar-i-Sharif, runs through it. Afghan Forces Rally in Fight to Retake Kunduz From Taliban 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

On the railway lines in northern Greece, I met three generations of a large family of Afghans from the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Migrant crisis: Middle classes on the move - BBC News 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, is the one of the last oases of calm in the war-torn country. In Mazar, Afghans enjoy life as fighting draws near 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

The hub of the Afghan-Finnish fur trade is the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Niche Trade in Lamb Pelts Proves Vital to Ailing Afghan Economy 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons stormed a courthouse in Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday, killing the district police chief and two other officers, authorities said. Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Kills Police Chief, 7 Others 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Germany was considering extending the life of its base in northern Mazar-i-Sharif, but the Italian base in the eastern city of Herat is not expected to remain. Afghan president to embark on landmark Washington visit 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, several attacks -- including in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif – killed at least 14 people and wounded 45 others, according to media reports. Taliban ambush kills 22 security forces in northern Afghanistan 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

For now, though, Mazar-i-Sharif residents don't let worries about an uncertain future stop them from enjoying life. In Mazar, Afghans enjoy life as fighting draws near 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Ms. Tokhi was the second radio journalist killed in Mazar-i-Sharif this year. In Brutal Year for News Media in Afghanistan, a 7th Journalist Is Killed 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

The court is located in a central part of Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh, close to the governor's office and other government buildings. Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Kills Police Chief, 7 Others 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

They wanted to know about his brother, a taxi driver in Mazar-i-Sharif, in eastern Afghanistan. New York Police Recruit Muslims to Be Informers 2014-05-10T23:34:51Z

In Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province and long seen as a haven of stability, two gunmen dressed in police uniforms raided the police headquarters, killing two officers and injuring nine others, authorities told Afghan media. Taliban ambush kills 22 security forces in northern Afghanistan 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Supporters of Mr. Abdullah tried to get a glimpse of the candidate in Mazar-i-Sharif. In Afghanistan, a Campaign of Resilience 2014-04-03T01:34:31Z

Last Thursday, thousands of men and a few hundred women in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif cheered wildly for Ms. Sarobi, after only polite applause for the presidential candidate. Afghan Women See Hope in the Ballot Box 2014-04-02T01:54:01Z

Members of security forces help a wounded man after a gun battle at the site of an attack in Mazar-i-Sharif April 9, 2015. Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Kills Police Chief, 7 Others 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

“Our team is supported by thousands of people in Mazar-i-Sharif and Baghlan.” In Afghan Presidential Campaign, North Is All-Important 2014-03-31T02:03:02Z

Afghan men wash at a traditional bath house in Mazar-i-Sharif. Day in pictures: 21 January 2014 2014-01-21T13:32:15Z

In 2012, Washington abandoned plans to build a consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif because the site was seen as vulnerable to militant attack. If U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, much civilian aid may go too 2013-12-26T06:19:49Z

And soon afterwards she experienced “the happiest day of my life,” she says, when she took her mother on a flight from Kabul to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z

The mob chased the doctor and patient into the street and stoned both of them but, according to the police, they were rescued by the authorities and taken to a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan Doctor Is Stoned by Angry Villagers 2013-06-13T13:28:20Z

Several flights were diverted to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan Forces Quell Attack on Kabul Airport 2013-06-10T07:14:51Z

A U.N. official in the regional capital of Mazar-i-Sharif describes Bai as a “strongman with no limits.” Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis 2013-05-22T08:45:00Z

In 1998, the Taliban’s massacre of thousands of Shiites, as well as of nine Iranian diplomats in the northern Afghan city Mazar-i-Sharif, brought the two countries to the brink of war. The Corner Where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Meet 2012-10-18T22:47:58Z

Clearly it was too dangerous for her to stay in Mazar-i-Sharif, so Latifa managed to flee to Taliban-controlled Kabul, dressed in a burqa. Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z

And he was with the Taliban in May 1997, when for a very brief period they were part of a power-sharing arrangement with Uzbek commanders in Mazar-i-Sharif, the country's northern hub. Lens Blog: Robert Nickelsberg's Photographs of Wars in Afghanistan 2012-09-13T17:23:19Z

One such site is outside Mazar-i-Sharif, in the north. Key Afghans Tied to Mass Killings in ’90s Civil War 2012-07-23T01:55:29Z

“Almost every day our mujahedin are walking the streets of Kabul, Kandahar, and Mazar-i-Sharif, taking photos, drawing maps and gathering information,” he says. The Taliban’s New Strategy 2012-05-28T05:00:00Z

Last year, after a copy of the Koran was burned by the pastor of a Florida church, enraged protesters overran a United Nations compound in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 12 people. The Lede Blog: Video of NATO Commander's Apology to Afghans for Disposal of Korans 2012-02-21T15:01:32Z

While the men were being held at the historic Qala-i-Jani fortress in Mazar-i-Sharif, Taliban prisoners revolted against their captors from the Northern Alliance, the anti-Taliban coalition. U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid 2011-12-29T23:42:37Z

The original toll given for all three incidents -- in Kabul, northern Mazar-i-Sharif, and southern Kandahar -- was 59 people. Tuesday attacks on Afghan Shi'ites killed 80: Karzai 2011-12-11T07:50:23Z

On Tuesday, the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the three bombings, in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. Karzai Visits Wounded and Looks to Pakistan 2011-12-07T17:50:44Z

In the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a suicide bomber, apparently on foot, killed four worshipers and wounded more than 20, said Sirjan Durani, a police spokesman. Rare Attacks on Shiites Kill Scores in Afghanistan 2011-12-07T09:50:12Z

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in Kabul and northern Mazar-i-Sharif. Blasts across Afghanistan target Shi'ites, 59 dead 2011-12-07T07:50:32Z

Two of the attacks — in Kabul, where at least 48 people were killed, and in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where four died — were suicide bombings by attackers on foot. Suicide Bombers Kill Scores of Shiites in Afghanistan 2011-12-06T10:17:02Z

Shortly after, a bicycle bomb exploded near the main mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Suicide attack on Afghan Shi'ite shrine kills up to 20 2011-12-06T08:49:16Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — A bicycle-riding suicide bomber set off an explosion on Wednesday in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the first corners of Afghanistan making a formal shift to Afghan-led security. Ahead of Security Transfer, Suicide Blast Shakes Afghan City 2011-07-20T14:20:23Z

The attacks, among the war’s deadliest, struck three Afghan cities — Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif — almost simultaneously and killed at least 63 Shiite worshipers on Ashura, which marks the death of Shiite Islam’s holiest martyr. Rare Attacks on Shiites Kill Scores in Afghanistan 2011-12-07T09:50:12Z

Journalists are barred from visiting Chapman, and I met with Kerry later that morning in Mazar-i-Sharif, a relatively peaceful city in Afghanistan’s north. The All-American 2011-07-15T21:33:30Z

The two sides nearly fought a war in 1998 after the Taliban executed Iranian diplomats based in the central Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran Sends Arms to Iraq, Afghanistan 2011-07-02T02:30:31Z

He was based in Mazar-i-Sharif, a northern city selected for the early phase of the transition. Taliban Aim to Derail Afghan Security Transfer 2011-06-01T22:08:20Z

One of those areas is Mazar-i-Sharif, where General Daoud was based. Afghan Official Says NATO Airstrike Killed 14 Civilians 2011-05-29T20:20:22Z

It would take a month, along with dozens of helicopters, military cargo planes and commercial jets, to move them the 6,500 miles from Kunduz through Mazar-i-Sharif and Kyrgyzstan to Watertown, N.Y. A Year at War: After Combat, the Unexpected Perils of Coming Home 2011-05-28T23:55:07Z

Earlier this month, seven international staff were killed after protesters overran a U.N. compound in northern Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan Taliban declare start to spring offensive 2011-04-30T12:35:37Z

Last week in Afghanistan seven United Nations workers were killed in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. BNP 'Koran burn' man due in court 2011-04-11T06:26:51Z

Now Jones is back in the spotlight he so pathetically craves – on ABC News' Nightline program, no less, where Friday night he denied that he and his benighted congregation bore responsibility for the Mazar-i-Sharif deaths. Karzai's Cynical Exploitation of a Koran Burning 2011-04-03T06:40:00Z

Both Afghan and Western officials cited mounting evidence that insurgents had seized the opportunity to infiltrate crowds of demonstrators in both Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif, concealing themselves among those who otherwise might have marched relatively peacefully. Did a Quran burning really cause Afghan violence? 2011-04-04T22:05:00Z

On Friday, seven foreign U.N. staff and five Afghan protesters were killed after demonstrators overran their office in normally peaceful Mazar-i-Sharif city in the north. Afghan policeman kills NATO soldiers, protests continue 2011-04-04T13:01:10Z

That brought to 24 the number of people killed in Afghanistan since Friday, when a mob overran United Nations offices in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing seven United Nations international staff members. Afghans Protest Koran Burning for Third Day 2011-04-03T18:29:43Z

Seven foreign U.N. staff were killed on Friday after demonstrators overran an office in normally peaceful Mazar-i-Sharif city in the north. Peaceful protesters march on U.N. office in south Afghanistan 2011-04-03T07:59:52Z

Obama said in his statement that the American people honor the people killed in the attack on the United Nations in Mazar-i-Sharif. Obama calls killings in Afghanistan outrageous 2011-04-03T00:57:22Z

The attack on the UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif was one of the bloodiest in the organization's history in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z

The UN Security Council strongly condemned Friday's deadly attack on a UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, which killed seven UN staff. VIDEO: Nine killed in Kandahar protest 2011-04-02T14:41:37Z

Security Council condemned an attack on the U.N. compound in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday that left at least 12 people dead, including seven U.N. staff. U.N. council condemns attack on U.N. in Afghanistan 2011-04-01T23:07:30Z

Security Council called an emergency meeting for later on Friday to discuss a deadly attack on the U.N. compound in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. U.N. Security Council to meet on deadly Afghan attack 2011-04-01T20:52:58Z

We need to secure our colleagues in Mazar-i-Sharif. Up to 20 U.N. staff killed in north Afghan city 2011-04-01T19:40:25Z

The first demonstration, on Friday, turned violent when hundreds of men in the normally peaceful northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif breached the UN compound there with automatic rifles taken from security guards. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z

Most German troops are based in northern Afghanistan, a presence that includes the cities of Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif. Gates Faults U.S. Allies on Afghan War 2011-03-11T10:59:05Z

"Maybe they wanted to find an international target and the U.N. was the one in Mazar-i-Sharif," Le Roy said, adding that an investigation of the incident was still in progress. U.N. council condemns attack on U.N. in Afghanistan 2011-04-01T23:07:30Z

Another man, Shoaib Assadullah Musawi, has been jailed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif since November after being accused of giving the New Testament to a friend, who then turned him in. Afghan Rights Fall Short for Christian Converts 2011-02-05T16:33:04Z

And Tehran almost went to war with the Taliban regime in 1998 when Taliban fighters murdered Iranian diplomats in the town of Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran's Cash Support of Karzai: Hardly a Surprise 2010-10-25T21:15:00Z

An Afghan television news video from Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday showed many hundreds of men chanting slogans as they left the famous Shrine of Hazrat Ali after Friday prayers. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z

What happened was that a bus passed by quickly, traveling in the opposite direction between Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz. Afghanistan, in a 21-Second Moment 2010-07-23T21:27:00Z

The United Nations was temporarily evacuating staff from Mazar-i-Sharif and reviewing its security in Afghanistan, he said. U.N. council condemns attack on U.N. in Afghanistan 2011-04-01T23:07:30Z

The Mazar-i-Sharif site accommodates about 1,400 trainees, General Patton said. 2 U.S. Trainers Are Shot Dead in Afghanistan 2010-07-21T01:50:00Z

In order to fulfill our training mission, the battalion was scattered across the country: one company in the south, a company in Mazar-i-Sharif, a detached platoon in the east. Lattes and Hot Showers in Afghanistan 2010-07-15T17:08:00Z

For the past two years we have not had any serious security issues in Mazar-i-Sharif. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z

Another, larger protest in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif involved another night raid that killed two security guards near a market earlier in the week. Attacks Kill 6 U.S. Troops, 12 Afghans 2010-07-10T19:17:00Z

An estimated one million people visited Mazar-i-Sharif for Afghan New Year celebrations in March and in the weeks after without incident. In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z

A tiny 20-bed clinic in Mazar-i-Sharif is the only facility for tens of thousands of addicts in the north of the country. Opium chaos 2010-05-17T17:21:00Z

In that role, he oversaw a large group of battle-hardened Arab and foreign fighters who were based in the northern cities of Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif. 2010-02-16T02:08:00Z

The mounds of ruins on the road to Mazar-i-Sharif probably represent the site of a city yet older than those on which stands the modern Balkh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

The Afghan army probably numbers 50,000 regulars distributed between the military centres of Herat, Kandahar, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad and Asmar, with detachments at frontier outposts on the side of India. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

It helps, of course, that Mazar-i-Sharif and the surrounding Balkh Province lie far from the Pakistani border and the heartland of the insurgency in southern and eastern . In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z

But there is something else that sets Mazar-i-Sharif apart, almost everyone here agrees, and that is the leadership of the provincial governor, Atta Muhammad Noor. In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z

Even for skeptics of Mr. Noor, the success of his approach in Mazar-i-Sharif is hard to ignore. In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z

The town is garrisoned by a few hundred kasidars, the regular troops of Afghan Turkestan being cantoned at Takhtapul, near Mazar-i-Sharif. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

The chief cantonment for the same district is at Mazar-i-Sharif, 12 m. from Balkh. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

单词	Mazar-i-Sharif
例句	Mazar-i-Sharif “I was at a soccer game in Ghazi Stadium in 1998. Kabul against Mazar-i-Sharif, I think, and by the way the players weren’t allowed to wear shorts. Indecent exposure, I guess.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, people were standing in grocery store lines and talking about the cities of my childhood, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was born in Mazar-i-Sharif and lived there until his father moved the family to Jalalabad when Farid was ten. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I had read about the Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif in the papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Eleven people were killed when demonstrators stormed a U.N. compound in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, including seven foreign U.N. workers. Afghans protest over reported Koran desecration at U.S. base 2012-02-21T14:29:03Z The sole breadwinner at his home in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Mubarez said he discovered rap in Iran and spits lyrics while cutting hair. Barber-turned-rapper crowned 'Afghan Star' in talent show 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The farthest Mohammadi has ever traveled was to the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif when he was younger. Afghan boys from nominated film to walk red carpet 2013-02-07T17:30:11Z Instead of the safe passage they had been promised, the soldiers were loaded into trucks and diverted to the ancient Qala-i-Jangi fortress on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Every few weeks, Ismail takes the fresh honey to Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, more than 50km away, where it’s sold to shops and consumed mainly by local customers. Busy bees turn Afghan schoolgirl into an entrepreneur 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z In a small, colourful art studio in Balkh's capital Mazar-i-Sharif, paintings adorn the walls and several young women, including Khushi, gather for a pencil drawing class. Art therapy offers relief to Afghan women struggling with mental health 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Mohammad Saber Soltani, 50, from Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, lost his wife and two children in the shipwreck. On Italy’s Coast, Empathy Mixes With Frustration After Migrant Tragedy 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Armed men had shown up at Murtaza’s family home in Mazar-i-Sharif asking for him the day after the Taliban took the city in August 2021, according to home security camera footage shared with Reuters. Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Anisa Mohammadi, 28, a lawyer in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, said she had bought a burqa because she feared that her honor would be questioned if she did not wear it. The Taliban Pressure Women in Afghanistan to Cover Up 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z One, which was claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State, killed at least 10 people at a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. Tensions Flare Between Neighbors After Afghan Man Kills Iranian Clerics 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Two days later, another explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than two dozen, local officials said. Mosque Explosion Kills 33 as Deadly Week in Afghanistan Continues 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The explosion was similar to Thursday's bomb which tore through a Shia Muslim mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 31 people and wounding 87. Afghanistan: Kunduz mosque attacked during Friday prayers 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The first explosion tore through a Shia mosque in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday. Afghanistan: More than 20 dead and injured in two blasts 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But at Rawze-e-Sharif shrine in Mazar-i-Sharif, the ceremony did not take place, according to a leader there who did not elaborate on the reason. Afghans mark Nowruz under Taliban with muted celebrations 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z A civil engineer from Herat, in western Afghanistan, she had been on the run from the Taliban for a month and was holed up with her husband and two young sons in Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan scholars find a warm welcome in Rwanda 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z In the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province, one head teacher told us that there were no problems and girls were attending school as normal. Afghanistan: Girls' despair as Taliban confirms secondary school ban 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Muska and her family were taken by bus to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and were then flown to Greece with six female colleagues. AP EXCLUSIVE: Afghan judges in Brazil still fear the Taliban 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z One Mazar-i-Sharif woman, who asked for her name not to be used, told news agency Reuters she had been shopping at a nearby market when she heard a large explosion near the mosque. Afghanistan: More than 20 dead and injured in two blasts 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z One October morning in Mazar-i-Sharif, dozens of men gathered downtown, carrying shovels cobbled together with rough wood and rusted metal. Afghan Economy Nears Collapse as Pressure Builds to Ease U.S. Sanctions 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Alemi, a psychiatrist, worked for the government’s provincial hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif. Prominent Afghan doctor kidnapped, killed in northern city 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Donated by the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the tank is perched on top of two-story brick columns. In Afghanistan, climate change drives an uptick in child marriage 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z He pointed to some flights out of Mazar-i-Sharif that were supposed to be carrying a few Americans and some Afghan evacuees. 10,000 Afghans resettled two months after evacuation as questions mount over vetting 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Already in Mazar-i-Sharif, the conditions for girls’ return are so restrictive that many are simply forgoing education altogether — an echo of the old order. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z In the late 1990s, Iran and the Taliban nearly went to war over the Taliban’s killing of 10 Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Friba, 40, was an appeals court judge from Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in Afghanistan’s north, before she fled to Greece. Female Judges in Afghanistan, Now Jobless and in Hiding 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Secondary schools remain closed for girls in much of the country, but in Mazar-i-Sharif, close to the border with Uzbekistan, local authorities have taken a different approach. In northern Afghanistan, girls' schools working despite ban elsewhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Militia fighters gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif in July to receive instructions to defend the city against a Taliban attack. The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “What is the point of school if we are not able to work?” said Anosha, 21, sitting in her family’s living room in Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Stacia George hired buses to take hundreds of Afghans, including many who worked for the U.S. government, to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif after the Taliban seized Kabul. Private groups aiding thousands in Afghanistan worry about dwindling funds 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z On Aug. 29, this group leader emailed a State Department official to say that they were prepared to fly 181 people, including some Afghan journalists, out of Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in northern Afghanistan. How the U.S. Helped, and Hampered, the Escape of Afghan Journalists 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z The difference between Mazar-i-Sharif and other areas is an example of the wide differences that exist between relatively modern and liberal cities and Afghanistan’s conservative rural heartlands where girls’ education has long been rare. In northern Afghanistan, girls' schools working despite ban elsewhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z More recently, gunmen attacked a U.N. compound in the city of Herat in July with rocket-propelled grenades killing a guard, while protesters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 2011 killed seven U.N. staff. UN envoy meets new Afghan interior minister wanted by U.S. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z In Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz city, another major hub in the north where middle and high schools have reopened to girls, fewer than half of many schools’ female students have returned to classes, teachers say. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Around an hour's drive away is Mazar-i-Sharif, the country's fourth largest city. Afghanistan: Life under Taliban rule one month on 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Several charter planes at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport have remained blocked throughout the past week amid unraveling State Department communication with the Taliban over documents required for passengers to board the flights. Trapped in Afghanistan: Those left behind grapple with unresponsive U.S., dimming hope of escape 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Maryam, a 15-year-old in the 10th grade from Mazar-i-Sharif, said she had been going to school without interruption, despite strict clothing requirements imposed by the Taliban. In northern Afghanistan, girls' schools working despite ban elsewhere 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z When Khalilzad, who was born in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, was appointed to be the special envoy in 2018, there was a growing political desire to leave Afghanistan. Brokering exit from Afghanistan, U.S. envoy Khalilzad became face of diplomatic debacle 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z In urban centers like Mazar-i-Sharif, education became a vital pathway to independence for young women over the past 20 years, and schools the center of their social worlds. Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The official could not say whether these Americans and third country nationals were among people stranded for days in Mazar-i-Sharif because their private charters have not been allowed to depart. Taliban to allow 200 Americans, other civilians to leave Afghanistan -U.S. official 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Planes chartered to carry people out of Afghanistan have been stuck at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport, with some organizers saying the State Department was not doing enough to facilitate their departure. Blinken calls on Taliban to allow charter flights to take off 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Blinken said he believed around 100 American citizens remain in Afghanistan, including “a relatively small number” seeking to leave Mazar-i-Sharif. Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The team then attempted to secure a private charter flight from Mazar-i-Sharif but said the planes were not cleared for takeoff. Army vet behind Afghan evacuation mission says State Department provided little help 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z About 1,000 people, including Americans, have been stuck in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif for days awaiting clearance for charter flights to leave, an organiser told Reuters, blaming the delay on the U.S. Taliban fire in air to scatter Kabul protesters; no reports of injuries 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Tuesday Washington has identified a “relatively” small number of Americans seeking to depart from Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif. U.S. has identified a small number of Americans in Mazar-i-Sharif -Blinken 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, challenged the idea that Americans were at risk, saying the U.S. government "has not confirmed any Americans are in Mazar-i-Sharif trying to leave from the airport." Taliban claim control of Panjshir as evacuation flights await clearance 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z He contested claims that the Taliban have blocked charter flights from departing the Mazar-i-Sharif airport. Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Some are backed by wealthy Afghans who have offered the use of planes in cities like Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat and elsewhere. The First Afghan Rhodes Scholar Saved Her Father, and Wants to Do More 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z “It is a Taliban decision to ground flights in Mazar-i-Sharif,” the email said. U.S. Citizens and Afghans Wait for Evacuation Flights From Country’s North 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The New York Times reported that organizers of evacuation flights in Qatar said the planes in Mazar-i-Sharif had received necessary clearance and were awaiting final Taliban approval. Some 1,000 people awaiting Taliban flight clearance from Mazar-i-Sharif -New York Times 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z A US lawmaker has accused the Taliban of stopping Afghans and Americans from leaving Afghanistan via Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. Planes stranded at Mazar-i-Sharif airport waiting to leave 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z But in the case of Mazar-i-Sharif, Mr. Blinken said, the Taliban have objected to charter flights that combine passengers who have valid travel documents and those who do not. Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif is a large city and major economic hub in the north of Afghanistan, close to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Qatar has also provided diplomatic clearance for the flights to land, but the Taliban must first allow the planes to depart Mazar-i-Sharif. U.S. Citizens and Afghans Wait for Evacuation Flights From Country’s North 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In a further sign of Kabul's airport resuming activity following the US withdrawal last week, Afghan airline Ariana announced the resumption of internal flights to three cities: Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. Afghanistan: Taliban break up women's rights protest in Kabul 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z In an email to members of Congress seen by CBS News, the State Department acknowledged there were charter flights at Mazar-i-Sharif that the Taliban will not allow to fly until they have approved the departure. Planes stranded at Mazar-i-Sharif airport waiting to leave 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The Qatari news channel also said two domestic flights were operated from Kabul to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, civilian flights to operate soon - Qatari ambassador 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z In a video call from Mazar-i-Sharif, he pointed to the dirty floor of an abandoned building where a few blankets were piled - for now it is his new home. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The official said refugees on the flight from Mazar-i-Sharif were taken to Ramstein Air Base in Germany to determine whether they should be allowed to come to the United States. Inside the Afghan evacuation: rogue flights, crowded tents, hope and chaos 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Most flew from Kabul but some came from a base just across the border near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, fleeing Taliban fighters who were storming the base after ground units collapsed. Exclusive-'They'll kill us' - Afghan pilots held at Uzbek camp fear deadly homecoming 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z In an August video provided by the WFP, Afghan women wearing head to toe-covering burqas and men in turbans line up for supplies at a U.N. food distribution centre in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Drought leaves Afghans hungry as economic collapse looms - U.N. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Poorly equipped anti-Taliban militia fighters near the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif last month, a few weeks before the government collapsed.Credit... Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Footage from Mazar-i-Sharif last week showed dozens of Afghans carrying suitcases and clutching plastic bags as they boarded buses to the capital, Kabul, in the hope of trying to leave. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z A former civil activist in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif said shops and restaurants appeared to have decided for themselves and turned off their radios. As Afghanistan adjusts to Taliban rule, music goes silent 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The plane, which was provided by the government of Pakistan, flew from Dubai to Mazar-i-Sharif airport. WHO opens air bridge to Afghanistan with medical supplies 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z He would sit in the back of a 60-person passenger van as it passed through Taliban checkpoints, hoping no one knew he was headed to a military installation in Mazar-i-Sharif. For an Afghan father, escape was his gift to his daughters 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z In July he traveled to the western city of Herat, the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and the capital of Kabul just weeks before the cities fell, when the anxiety about a Taliban takeover was intensifying. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Karimi was born in 1970, the seventh of eight children, and grew up in the Afghan cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Brennan said the organization hoped to operate flights in the next few days into Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif with the support of Pakistani authorities. NATO allies struggle to keep Kabul airport open for aid after withdrawal 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Taliban attacks in and around Mazar-i-Sharif intensified last month as the group swept aside Afghan forces. With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “But we are working with Pakistan particularly in the context of Mazar-i-Sharif airport,” he said. WHO: Kabul terror attack exhausted medical supplies, worsened humanitarian crisis 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z This summer, the group lost its stronghold in Mazar-i-Sharif to the Taliban. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Eventually he set up a small medical shop in Mazar-i-Sharif. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z "We all know about the Taliban relationship with China, and we fear they will come first for the people who fled," said a Uyghur woman in Mazar-i-Sharif who grew up in Xinjiang. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z When she did not hear back, the 29-year-old's father and cousin drove her from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul where she hoped to board a flight out of the country. With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z "They already start searching homes in Bamiyan, in Mazar-i-Sharif and in some part of Kabul," the relative said, as relayed by Alizada. Fears abroad for fate of Hazara minority as Taliban take control 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Militia fighters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, once thought to be a bastion of anti-Taliban resistance, received orders for defending the city. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z By the time he fled Mazar-i-Sharif in 2016, he was supervising a team of 14, including seven technicians, in a workshop run by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z But in Mazar-i-Sharif, many miles from Kabul, it feels like a long shot. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Dastaqgir, the midwife, is from Mazar-i-Sharif in the north of Afghanistan. With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The Taliban seized Mazar-i-Sharif swiftly after breaking through the Afghan Army’s front lines. An Iconic Bridge Sees U.S. Allies Flee Afghanistan as the Soviets Did 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Members of an anti-Taliban militia in Mazar-i-Sharif, a month before the Taliban would overrun their defensive positions and capture the city. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z After 2011, when Mazar-i-Sharif was reeling once again from attacks and suicide bombings, he became increasingly worried that his family was not safe. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, as the dust began to settle on the Taliban's blistering takeover of Afghanistan, a small group gathered at a house in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z On 14 August, Mazar-i-Sharif fell to the Taliban, with little resistance from Afghan troops, some of whom left the city and headed for the border with Uzbekistan at Haraitan. How the Taliban stormed across Afghanistan in ten days 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z "The Taliban never learn from the past," Dostum told reporters last week after flying back to Mazar-i-Sharif, while offering a not-so-subtle reference to the alleged massacre of the insurgents by his fighters in 2001. Afghan president flees country as Taliban takes control of Kabul 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Rocks in the road mark a checkpoint near the border with Uzbekistan, north of Mazar-i-Sharif, manned by poorly equipped Afghan militia fighters. Afghanistan Before the Fall 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z In the past several days, the Afghan forces have steadily collapsed as they battled to defend ever shrinking territory, losing Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s economic engine, to the Taliban on Saturday. Taliban Sweep in Afghanistan Follows Years of U.S. Miscalculations 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z A father in Mazar-i-Sharif described hiding in the house with his wife, children and extended family. Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The Taliban seized Mazar-i-Sharif barely an hour after breaking through the front lines at the city’s edge. Taliban Capture Strategic City as Biden Speeds Troop Deployment to Afghanistan 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z It followed the capture on Saturday of the government's northern bastion city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban control all key Afghan cities except Kabul 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z This is our live coverage of the latest developments in Afghanistan as the Taliban surrounds Kabul, after taking control of the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the last government stronghold in the country’s north. Afghanistan: Taliban close in on Kabul as last government stronghold in north falls – live updates 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Taliban fighters captured the major city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul as Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the capital. Afghan militia leaders Atta Noor, Dostum escape 'conspiracy' 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif, a center of resistance to the Taliban during its earlier rule, was under attack Saturday, according to local reports. Taliban approaches outskirts of Kabul, attacks northern Afghan city 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z In the late 1990s, Mazar-i-Sharif was the site of pitched battles between the Taliban and northern militia groups that managed to push back the hard-line insurgents before the group took over the city in 1998. Taliban Capture Strategic City as Biden Speeds Troop Deployment to Afghanistan 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Of Afghanistan's major cities, the government still holds Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border in the east, in addition to Kabul. U.S. troops arrive in Afghan capital to assist evacuations 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Before dawn Tuesday, the message is from Eshan, of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan, where the Taliban are rapidly advancing. As Taliban surge, urgent pleas from former U.S. contract employees spur a Washington state man to help 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z In 1998 Tehran nearly went to war when Taliban militants killed at least eight Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist at the Iranian consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran asks Taliban to ensure safety of diplomats in Herat 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Two of the four major cities that remain under government control — Lashkar Gah in the south and Mazar-i-Sharif in the north — are already under Taliban attack, as the insurgents push for total military victory. Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Move Closer to Capturing 2 Vital Cities 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The fall of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar, the official said, could lead to a surrender of the Afghan government by September. U.S. Is Sending 3,000 Troops Back to Afghanistan to Begin Evacuations 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The government still holds the main city in the north - Mazar-i-Sharif - and Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border in the east, as well as Kabul. Embassies get staff out of Afghanistan as Taliban claim two big cities 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif lies close to the borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and its loss would mark the complete collapse of government control over northern Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Desperate to stem the Taliban's advance, President Ashraf Ghani flew to Mazar-i-Sharif to rally old warlords to the defence of the biggest city in the north as Taliban forces closed in. Taliban battle government forces as U.S. fears Kabul could fall in 90 days 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z In a bid to rally government troops and militia forces, Mr. Ghani flew to Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of the northern Balkh Province and the only major northern city still under government control. Could the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan? Here’s What We Know. 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of Afghanistan's largest cities, Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif lies close to the borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and its loss would mark the complete collapse of the government's control over the north of Afghanistan. Afghanistan war: Afghan president rallies army in Taliban-besieged city 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z For now, however, the Afghan government’s most pressing problem is defending Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s economic engine and capital of Balkh Province, now effectively surrounded by the Taliban and cut off by ground from Kabul. Taliban Overrun 3 More Provincial Capitals, Increasing Pressure on Kabul 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z He will meet key regional leaders in Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban fighters capture eighth provincial capital in six days 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z In the town of Aibak, capital of Samangan province on the main road between Mazar-i-Sharif and the national capital, Kabul, Taliban fighters were consolidating their grip, moving into government buildings, residents said. Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as residents weigh options 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z They clashed with government forces on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province and another key northern city. Fear Sets in as Taliban Seize Former Bastions of Resistance 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z In the north, the key city of Mazar-i-Sharif is now largely surrounded, as the capitals of three neighboring provinces fell to the Taliban Sunday. The Propaganda War Intensifies in Afghanistan as the Taliban Gain Ground 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Around Mazar-i-Sharif, especially, local forces have preyed on the Hazara community by recruiting young men for militias that operate without government approval. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z One potential solution, officials say, is to transfer contract maintainers to a nearby country such as Uzbekistan and bolster nearby bases in Afghanistan like the one in Mazar-i-Sharif, 20 minutes away. Afghanistan's air force is a rare U.S.-backed success story. It may soon fail. 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The militants, ousted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, are in a position to advance from different directions on the biggest city in the region, Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as residents weigh options 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z German commanders banned drinking at their military base in Mazar-i-Sharif during the final weeks of the Afghan campaign. One for the road: German troops bringing back 65,000 beers, 340 bottles of wine from Afghanistan 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z At the base roughly 15 miles from his home in Mazar-i-Sharif, Mr. Jawad, 27, soon realized there was nothing in need of repair. Inside the Shadowy Militias Luring Unsuspecting Afghans to Fight, or Die 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Had the Taliban not attacked the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif late last month, Mr. Shujayee would be tending his small shop in the city. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The unassuming white leather high-top sneakers with green-and-yellow trim are a best seller for a roughly half-dozen shoe vendors in a sprawling bazaar in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. In Afghanistan, Follow the White High-Tops and You’ll Find the Taliban 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Two years later, Iran accused the Taliban of murdering several of it diplomats in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Pompeo hits Iran for al-Qaida support on his way out 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z From Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, he said he travelled through Pakistan, Iran, and the Balkans to reach France. Afghan migrant: I thought France was humane until police beat me 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “The one-key is the most dangerous job on both sides of the war,” Mr. Jawad said, back in his home in Mazar-i-Sharif. Inside the Shadowy Militias Luring Unsuspecting Afghans to Fight, or Die 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Speaking from one of the gift-studded meeting rooms at his vast residence compound in Mazar-i-Sharif this month, Mr. Noor said the security forces had failed. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z He added that his clients were mostly from districts outside Mazar-i-Sharif, where fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan government is ongoing. In Afghanistan, Follow the White High-Tops and You’ll Find the Taliban 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Many of them were pulled back to Kabul with the closing of consulates in Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif, and at least two other diplomatic outposts around Afghanistan, as the United States military began to withdraw. As U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Diplomats Are Left to Fill Uncertain Mission 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — For nearly 24 hours, the center of Mazar-i-Sharif, one of Afghanistan’s economic hubs, became a front line for a battle that included machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and helicopter gunships. Afghan Warlord Escapes Arrest as Troops Turn City into War Zone 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Sayid Mohammad, a tribal elder in Mazar-i-Sharif, said that he and other families complained last year to Balkh’s provincial council about the militia’s recruiting practices, and eventually Captain Saleh was fired. Inside the Shadowy Militias Luring Unsuspecting Afghans to Fight, or Die 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The venue was a public outdoor arena in the middle of Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in Afghanistan’s north; tickets were 50 afghanis each, less than a dollar. In Afghan Blood Sports, the Animals Aren’t the Only Ones Fighting 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z When he arrived on Saturday in Mazar-i-Sharif, where there is a large Uzbek minority, General Dostum addressed a crowd of his supporters. Afghan Vice President Survives Attack on Convoy 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Then he would visit northern cities like Sheberghan and Mazar-i-Sharif, just to be able to walk around them without fear. Our Dreams of Peace: Envisioning an End to War in Afghanistan 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The agency reported Wednesday that the CH-53 helicopters were flying from Kunduz to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday night when they were fired by people on the ground. Afghanistan: German helicopters shot at, nobody injured 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z At Mazar-i-Sharif prison, in a small courtyard smelling heavily of cigarettes, women talk on phones, pace up and down, wash clothes and eat fruit. Afghan women still jailed alongside murderers for 'failing' virginity test \| Fariba Housaini 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Hanif Rezaie, an army spokesman, says three others, including another foreign pilot, were wounded when the MI-14 helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from the base near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Helicopter crashes in northern Afghanistan, killing 3 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The defenders repeatedly begged for air support and helicopter resupply from their regional command in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif; ammunition and food were perilously low. The Afghan Army’s Last Stand at Chinese Camp 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z For Fahim, his worst war memory was from when he witnessed, at age 11, the slaughter of Taliban prisoners in his hometown, Mazar-i-Sharif, in 1997. Our Dreams of Peace: Envisioning an End to War in Afghanistan 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z About 1,000 Belgian troops are currently active abroad: Forty soldiers are stationed in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, and 100 others are training local forces in Mali. Belgium May Have New Appeal for Millennials: Join the Army and Sleep at Home 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z “I lost my control. I wasn’t able to think properly,” he said in a recent interview conducted by telephone from the prison in Mazar-i-Sharif, the northern city where the orthopedic center is located. He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z If they could help Dostum capture Mazar-i-Sharif, that would open a beachhead into the rest of the country. Soldiers recount true story behind ‘12 Strong’ 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Over 15 years, Mr. Noor has developed a vast network of businesses and patronage centered on Balkh and the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, long a center of trade and interaction with Central Asia. The President, the Strongman, and the Next U.S. Headache in Afghanistan 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The ensuing firefight raged through the terminal and its parking lots, killing two, wounding 17 and temporarily shutting down Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. In Afghanistan, a Destructive ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The attack took place in the Afghan National Army 209th Corps headquarters at Camp Shaheen, in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Four U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Insider Attack in Afghanistan 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Nasim shares a cell in the Mazar-i-Sharif prison with 40 others. He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z She is his third wife and the most educated, having studied English literature in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the 1990s. An Afghan leader caused a stir by posting pictures of his wife on Facebook 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z A few years ago, Hassanzada, then a TV presenter, fled to Kabul from Mazar-i-Sharif with her family after a group of men stabbed her younger brother in the street, demanding that she stop working. The female journalists defying taboos and braving death threats in Afghanistan \| Sune Engel Rasmussen 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Some of the same players were involved in the fighting at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport. In Afghanistan, a Destructive ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif is relatively peaceful compared with other parts of the country, and the forces’ readiness at the base appeared to be slack. Four U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Insider Attack in Afghanistan 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Last year, 19,000 people were treated in the Mazar-i-Sharif facility, one of seven Red Cross orthopedic centers around the country. He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z The defense ministry has said more than 100 died or were injured in the Friday attack in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, but no exact numbers have been released. Mourning declared after scores of troops die in Afghan base attack 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif is one of Afghanistan’s safest cities but home to large military facilities, which also house some foreign troops. Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z He enjoyed the support of the Hizb-e-Islami faction at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport, who apparently provided the muscle that protected him — for a while. In Afghanistan, a Destructive ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z In more recent times, Mr. Zmarai was largely based in Mazar-i-Sharif, but his ambitions were national. He Was a Senior Afghan Government Official. Except He Wasn’t. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z It follows a suicide attack on the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday night that killed four people and wounded more than 100 others. Taliban bomber kills four Americans at NATO base in Afghanistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z After arriving in Mazar-i-Sharif to visit the base on Saturday, Ghani ordered that flags be flown at half mast on Sunday in memory of the troops who died. Mourning declared after scores of troops die in Afghan base attack 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The US military confirmed that coalition personnel were present at the Mazar-i-Sharif base, but there were no reports of casualties among their number. Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It follows a suicide attack on the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday night, which killed four people and wounded more than 100 others. Afghanistan suicide bomb kills at least four at Bagram airbase 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z At the end of his northern tour, Afghan security agents were waiting for him with handcuffs at the airport in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. He Was a Senior Afghan Government Official. Except He Wasn’t. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The car exploded at the gate of the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif city, destroying the gate and wall around 11.10 p.m. World Digest: Nov. 10, 2016 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The car exploded at the gate of the consulate in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, destroying the gate and wall around 11.10 p.m. Taliban Attack at German Consulate in Afghanistan Kills 6 and Wounds Over 120 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z One official in Mazar-i-Sharif, where the attack occurred, said on Saturday that at least 140 soldiers had been killed and many others wounded. Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least four civilians and wounding scores, officials said. At least four killed in Taliban raid on German consulate in Afghanistan 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z A second official said Mr. Zmarai was arrested as soon as the government helicopter he used during his northern tour landed in Mazar-i-Sharif. He Was a Senior Afghan Government Official. Except He Wasn’t. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The heavily protected consulate is located in a large building close to the Blue Mosque in the center of Mazar-i-Sharif, where earlier this year, the Indian consulate was also attacked by militant gunmen. Several dead, scores wounded as blast rocks German consulate in Afghan city 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif is the provincial capital and one of the richest and most important cities in Afghanistan. Taliban Attack at German Consulate in Afghanistan Kills 6 and Wounds Over 120 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents struck at the German consulate in the northern commercial hub of Mazar-i-Sharif late Thursday night, killing at least two people and wounding at least 84, Afghan officials said. Taliban Strike German Consulate in Afghan City of Mazar-i-Sharif 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The heavily protected consulate is located in a large building close to the Blue Mosque in the centre of Mazar-i-Sharif, where the Indian consulate was also attacked by militant gunmen earlier this year. At least four killed in Taliban raid on German consulate in Afghanistan 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z A Shiite mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif was hit at the same time, leaving four dead. Afghanistan's Shiites mark Ashura amid threats and violence 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Now traffic is mostly stalled on one of the country’s busiest stretches of highway, the section of the Ring Road between Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, an important economic center and gateway for travel to Uzbekistan. Taliban Cut Off Afghan Highway Linking Kabul to Northern Gateways 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Many paid their way through Taliban checkpoints along the highway to reach Kunduz, and some said they would try to travel farther, to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif or Kabul. The Taliban's spring offensive is on, but Afghan forces make gains near strategic city 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z In the four years since he returned to Afghanistan after being deported from Iran, he lost contact with his wife and two children in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. New Afghan drug treatment facility helps homeless addicts get clean 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z In January, India's consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif was also attacked by insurgents. Afghan forces kill Indian consulate suicide attackers 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The blast occurred just before 8 a.m. in Dehdadi district, not far from the Balkh provincial capital of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to a statement by the Ministry of Defense. Suicide bomber in Afghan city kills three, wounds 14 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif was cut off, as were road connections to eight northern provinces. Taliban Cut Off Afghan Highway Linking Kabul to Northern Gateways 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Attaullah Khugyani said there were no reports of casualties from the blast, which followed an attack on the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday. Blast near consulate buildings in eastern Afghan city: official 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z In the consulate siege, which began on Sunday evening, a small group of militants occupied an empty house near the Indian Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh Province. Bombings Near Kabul Airport Add to String of Attacks Around Afghan Capital 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z And any illusion of national unity was dispelled shortly after the game, when gunmen stormed a building near the Indian Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, prompting a shootout with security forces. Afghanistan, in need of a distraction, loses a soccer heartbreaker 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The volunteer librarian Arash, a 23-year-old computer engineer and interpreter from Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, is tidying the shelves, lining up Sherlock Holmes stories alongside Anna Karenina and Our Man in Havana. The horror of the Calais refugee camp: ‘We feel like we are dying slowly’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z It also severed the southbound road from Kunduz to both Kabul, the capital, and the economic hub of Mazar-i-Sharif to the west, near the border with Uzbekistan. Unhappy anniversary 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z That district is one of the most strategically important in the province because a road to the largest city in Afghanistan’s north, Mazar-i-Sharif, runs through it. Afghan Forces Rally in Fight to Retake Kunduz From Taliban 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z On the railway lines in northern Greece, I met three generations of a large family of Afghans from the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Migrant crisis: Middle classes on the move - BBC News 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, is the one of the last oases of calm in the war-torn country. In Mazar, Afghans enjoy life as fighting draws near 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The hub of the Afghan-Finnish fur trade is the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Niche Trade in Lamb Pelts Proves Vital to Ailing Afghan Economy 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons stormed a courthouse in Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday, killing the district police chief and two other officers, authorities said. Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Kills Police Chief, 7 Others 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Germany was considering extending the life of its base in northern Mazar-i-Sharif, but the Italian base in the eastern city of Herat is not expected to remain. Afghan president to embark on landmark Washington visit 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in Afghanistan, several attacks -- including in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif – killed at least 14 people and wounded 45 others, according to media reports. Taliban ambush kills 22 security forces in northern Afghanistan 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z For now, though, Mazar-i-Sharif residents don't let worries about an uncertain future stop them from enjoying life. In Mazar, Afghans enjoy life as fighting draws near 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Tokhi was the second radio journalist killed in Mazar-i-Sharif this year. In Brutal Year for News Media in Afghanistan, a 7th Journalist Is Killed 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The court is located in a central part of Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh, close to the governor's office and other government buildings. Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Kills Police Chief, 7 Others 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z They wanted to know about his brother, a taxi driver in Mazar-i-Sharif, in eastern Afghanistan. New York Police Recruit Muslims to Be Informers 2014-05-10T23:34:51Z In Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province and long seen as a haven of stability, two gunmen dressed in police uniforms raided the police headquarters, killing two officers and injuring nine others, authorities told Afghan media. Taliban ambush kills 22 security forces in northern Afghanistan 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Supporters of Mr. Abdullah tried to get a glimpse of the candidate in Mazar-i-Sharif. In Afghanistan, a Campaign of Resilience 2014-04-03T01:34:31Z Last Thursday, thousands of men and a few hundred women in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif cheered wildly for Ms. Sarobi, after only polite applause for the presidential candidate. Afghan Women See Hope in the Ballot Box 2014-04-02T01:54:01Z Members of security forces help a wounded man after a gun battle at the site of an attack in Mazar-i-Sharif April 9, 2015. Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Kills Police Chief, 7 Others 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “Our team is supported by thousands of people in Mazar-i-Sharif and Baghlan.” In Afghan Presidential Campaign, North Is All-Important 2014-03-31T02:03:02Z Afghan men wash at a traditional bath house in Mazar-i-Sharif. Day in pictures: 21 January 2014 2014-01-21T13:32:15Z In 2012, Washington abandoned plans to build a consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif because the site was seen as vulnerable to militant attack. If U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, much civilian aid may go too 2013-12-26T06:19:49Z And soon afterwards she experienced “the happiest day of my life,” she says, when she took her mother on a flight from Kabul to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z The mob chased the doctor and patient into the street and stoned both of them but, according to the police, they were rescued by the authorities and taken to a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan Doctor Is Stoned by Angry Villagers 2013-06-13T13:28:20Z Several flights were diverted to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan Forces Quell Attack on Kabul Airport 2013-06-10T07:14:51Z A U.N. official in the regional capital of Mazar-i-Sharif describes Bai as a “strongman with no limits.” Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis 2013-05-22T08:45:00Z In 1998, the Taliban’s massacre of thousands of Shiites, as well as of nine Iranian diplomats in the northern Afghan city Mazar-i-Sharif, brought the two countries to the brink of war. The Corner Where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Meet 2012-10-18T22:47:58Z Clearly it was too dangerous for her to stay in Mazar-i-Sharif, so Latifa managed to flee to Taliban-controlled Kabul, dressed in a burqa. Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z And he was with the Taliban in May 1997, when for a very brief period they were part of a power-sharing arrangement with Uzbek commanders in Mazar-i-Sharif, the country's northern hub. Lens Blog: Robert Nickelsberg's Photographs of Wars in Afghanistan 2012-09-13T17:23:19Z One such site is outside Mazar-i-Sharif, in the north. Key Afghans Tied to Mass Killings in ’90s Civil War 2012-07-23T01:55:29Z “Almost every day our mujahedin are walking the streets of Kabul, Kandahar, and Mazar-i-Sharif, taking photos, drawing maps and gathering information,” he says. The Taliban’s New Strategy 2012-05-28T05:00:00Z Last year, after a copy of the Koran was burned by the pastor of a Florida church, enraged protesters overran a United Nations compound in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 12 people. The Lede Blog: Video of NATO Commander's Apology to Afghans for Disposal of Korans 2012-02-21T15:01:32Z While the men were being held at the historic Qala-i-Jani fortress in Mazar-i-Sharif, Taliban prisoners revolted against their captors from the Northern Alliance, the anti-Taliban coalition. U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid 2011-12-29T23:42:37Z The original toll given for all three incidents -- in Kabul, northern Mazar-i-Sharif, and southern Kandahar -- was 59 people. Tuesday attacks on Afghan Shi'ites killed 80: Karzai 2011-12-11T07:50:23Z On Tuesday, the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the three bombings, in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. Karzai Visits Wounded and Looks to Pakistan 2011-12-07T17:50:44Z In the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a suicide bomber, apparently on foot, killed four worshipers and wounded more than 20, said Sirjan Durani, a police spokesman. Rare Attacks on Shiites Kill Scores in Afghanistan 2011-12-07T09:50:12Z No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in Kabul and northern Mazar-i-Sharif. Blasts across Afghanistan target Shi'ites, 59 dead 2011-12-07T07:50:32Z Two of the attacks — in Kabul, where at least 48 people were killed, and in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where four died — were suicide bombings by attackers on foot. Suicide Bombers Kill Scores of Shiites in Afghanistan 2011-12-06T10:17:02Z Shortly after, a bicycle bomb exploded near the main mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Suicide attack on Afghan Shi'ite shrine kills up to 20 2011-12-06T08:49:16Z KABUL, Afghanistan — A bicycle-riding suicide bomber set off an explosion on Wednesday in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the first corners of Afghanistan making a formal shift to Afghan-led security. Ahead of Security Transfer, Suicide Blast Shakes Afghan City 2011-07-20T14:20:23Z The attacks, among the war’s deadliest, struck three Afghan cities — Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif — almost simultaneously and killed at least 63 Shiite worshipers on Ashura, which marks the death of Shiite Islam’s holiest martyr. Rare Attacks on Shiites Kill Scores in Afghanistan 2011-12-07T09:50:12Z Journalists are barred from visiting Chapman, and I met with Kerry later that morning in Mazar-i-Sharif, a relatively peaceful city in Afghanistan’s north. The All-American 2011-07-15T21:33:30Z The two sides nearly fought a war in 1998 after the Taliban executed Iranian diplomats based in the central Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran Sends Arms to Iraq, Afghanistan 2011-07-02T02:30:31Z He was based in Mazar-i-Sharif, a northern city selected for the early phase of the transition. Taliban Aim to Derail Afghan Security Transfer 2011-06-01T22:08:20Z One of those areas is Mazar-i-Sharif, where General Daoud was based. Afghan Official Says NATO Airstrike Killed 14 Civilians 2011-05-29T20:20:22Z It would take a month, along with dozens of helicopters, military cargo planes and commercial jets, to move them the 6,500 miles from Kunduz through Mazar-i-Sharif and Kyrgyzstan to Watertown, N.Y. A Year at War: After Combat, the Unexpected Perils of Coming Home 2011-05-28T23:55:07Z Earlier this month, seven international staff were killed after protesters overran a U.N. compound in northern Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan Taliban declare start to spring offensive 2011-04-30T12:35:37Z Last week in Afghanistan seven United Nations workers were killed in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. BNP 'Koran burn' man due in court 2011-04-11T06:26:51Z Now Jones is back in the spotlight he so pathetically craves – on ABC News' Nightline program, no less, where Friday night he denied that he and his benighted congregation bore responsibility for the Mazar-i-Sharif deaths. Karzai's Cynical Exploitation of a Koran Burning 2011-04-03T06:40:00Z Both Afghan and Western officials cited mounting evidence that insurgents had seized the opportunity to infiltrate crowds of demonstrators in both Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif, concealing themselves among those who otherwise might have marched relatively peacefully. Did a Quran burning really cause Afghan violence? 2011-04-04T22:05:00Z On Friday, seven foreign U.N. staff and five Afghan protesters were killed after demonstrators overran their office in normally peaceful Mazar-i-Sharif city in the north. Afghan policeman kills NATO soldiers, protests continue 2011-04-04T13:01:10Z That brought to 24 the number of people killed in Afghanistan since Friday, when a mob overran United Nations offices in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing seven United Nations international staff members. Afghans Protest Koran Burning for Third Day 2011-04-03T18:29:43Z Seven foreign U.N. staff were killed on Friday after demonstrators overran an office in normally peaceful Mazar-i-Sharif city in the north. Peaceful protesters march on U.N. office in south Afghanistan 2011-04-03T07:59:52Z Obama said in his statement that the American people honor the people killed in the attack on the United Nations in Mazar-i-Sharif. Obama calls killings in Afghanistan outrageous 2011-04-03T00:57:22Z The attack on the UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif was one of the bloodiest in the organization's history in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z The UN Security Council strongly condemned Friday's deadly attack on a UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, which killed seven UN staff. VIDEO: Nine killed in Kandahar protest 2011-04-02T14:41:37Z Security Council condemned an attack on the U.N. compound in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday that left at least 12 people dead, including seven U.N. staff. U.N. council condemns attack on U.N. in Afghanistan 2011-04-01T23:07:30Z Security Council called an emergency meeting for later on Friday to discuss a deadly attack on the U.N. compound in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. U.N. Security Council to meet on deadly Afghan attack 2011-04-01T20:52:58Z We need to secure our colleagues in Mazar-i-Sharif. Up to 20 U.N. staff killed in north Afghan city 2011-04-01T19:40:25Z The first demonstration, on Friday, turned violent when hundreds of men in the normally peaceful northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif breached the UN compound there with automatic rifles taken from security guards. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z Most German troops are based in northern Afghanistan, a presence that includes the cities of Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif. Gates Faults U.S. Allies on Afghan War 2011-03-11T10:59:05Z "Maybe they wanted to find an international target and the U.N. was the one in Mazar-i-Sharif," Le Roy said, adding that an investigation of the incident was still in progress. U.N. council condemns attack on U.N. in Afghanistan 2011-04-01T23:07:30Z Another man, Shoaib Assadullah Musawi, has been jailed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif since November after being accused of giving the New Testament to a friend, who then turned him in. Afghan Rights Fall Short for Christian Converts 2011-02-05T16:33:04Z And Tehran almost went to war with the Taliban regime in 1998 when Taliban fighters murdered Iranian diplomats in the town of Mazar-i-Sharif. Iran's Cash Support of Karzai: Hardly a Surprise 2010-10-25T21:15:00Z An Afghan television news video from Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday showed many hundreds of men chanting slogans as they left the famous Shrine of Hazrat Ali after Friday prayers. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z What happened was that a bus passed by quickly, traveling in the opposite direction between Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz. Afghanistan, in a 21-Second Moment 2010-07-23T21:27:00Z The United Nations was temporarily evacuating staff from Mazar-i-Sharif and reviewing its security in Afghanistan, he said. U.N. council condemns attack on U.N. in Afghanistan 2011-04-01T23:07:30Z The Mazar-i-Sharif site accommodates about 1,400 trainees, General Patton said. 2 U.S. Trainers Are Shot Dead in Afghanistan 2010-07-21T01:50:00Z In order to fulfill our training mission, the battalion was scattered across the country: one company in the south, a company in Mazar-i-Sharif, a detached platoon in the east. Lattes and Hot Showers in Afghanistan 2010-07-15T17:08:00Z For the past two years we have not had any serious security issues in Mazar-i-Sharif. In Afghanistan, Blood and Fire Over the Burning of a Koran 2011-04-02T06:50:00Z Another, larger protest in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif involved another night raid that killed two security guards near a market earlier in the week. Attacks Kill 6 U.S. Troops, 12 Afghans 2010-07-10T19:17:00Z An estimated one million people visited Mazar-i-Sharif for Afghan New Year celebrations in March and in the weeks after without incident. In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z A tiny 20-bed clinic in Mazar-i-Sharif is the only facility for tens of thousands of addicts in the north of the country. Opium chaos 2010-05-17T17:21:00Z In that role, he oversaw a large group of battle-hardened Arab and foreign fighters who were based in the northern cities of Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif. 2010-02-16T02:08:00Z The mounds of ruins on the road to Mazar-i-Sharif probably represent the site of a city yet older than those on which stands the modern Balkh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The Afghan army probably numbers 50,000 regulars distributed between the military centres of Herat, Kandahar, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad and Asmar, with detachments at frontier outposts on the side of India. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It helps, of course, that Mazar-i-Sharif and the surrounding Balkh Province lie far from the Pakistani border and the heartland of the insurgency in southern and eastern . In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z But there is something else that sets Mazar-i-Sharif apart, almost everyone here agrees, and that is the leadership of the provincial governor, Atta Muhammad Noor. In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z Even for skeptics of Mr. Noor, the success of his approach in Mazar-i-Sharif is hard to ignore. In Afghanistan?s North, a Former Warlord Offers Security 2010-05-18T01:37:00Z The town is garrisoned by a few hundred kasidars, the regular troops of Afghan Turkestan being cantoned at Takhtapul, near Mazar-i-Sharif. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The chief cantonment for the same district is at Mazar-i-Sharif, 12 m. from Balkh. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28
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