Mazar-i-Sharif

Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Balkh Province. It has 12 city districts (nahias) and an estimated population of 568,013 people. Hafiz Abdul Rahman Himat is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Mohammad Kazim Tariq.

mosque and mausoleum in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

international airport in Afghanistan

university

association football club

Taliban attack on a northern Afghan military base

largest base of the Bundeswehr outside of Germany, in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

suicide bombing in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif

massacre by Taliban in Afghanistan in 1998

2022 Afghan bombing