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Mazar-i-Sharif - a city in northern Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Sunday announced closure of its consulate general in Mazar-i-Sharif following a foiled bid of a grenade attack.

Pakistan shuts Mazar-i-Sharif consulate after botched attack

The sides agreed on using the new Tashkent Andijan Osh Kashgar automobile corridor for supplying Afghan products from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kashgar by transit through Uzbekistan.

Afghanistan to export its cargo to China through Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

MAZAR-I-SHARIF -- As its trade with Central Asia states has been on the rise, Afghanistan's imports from Pakistan have declined by 80 percent, say traders in northern Balkh province.

Imports from Pakistan to Afghanistan drop by 80pc this year: Afghan traders

Summary: Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan], Aug 8 (ANI): At least 235 hostages were rescued from the Taliban in northern Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Taliban release 235 hostages in northern Afghanistan

"The suicide attack near Shaheen 209 military base in Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province is doomed," the embassy's statement said.

Embassy Condemns Terrorist Attack on Afghan Military Base

Mazar-i-Sharif, Rajab 25, 1438, Apr 22, 2017, SPA -- As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said.

Death Toll in Afghan Base Attack Rises to 140

A bomb in a crowded in market in the north Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday killed at least two people and wounded 15, police officials said.

Market blast kills two, wounds 15 in north Afghanistan

An Afghan policeman is seen through the shattered glass of a building used by insurgents to launch an attack on the Indian consulate, in Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday.

Afghan forces end siege near Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif

by Zabiullah Ehsas on 11 October, 2014 - 16:09 MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Police in the northern Balkh province on Saturday claimed to capture alleged killer of a young female journalists who was killed a month ago.

Journalist's alleged assassin nabbed in Balkh