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Mazar-i-Sharif

American  
[mah-zahr-ee-shah-reef] / mɑˈzɑr i ʃɑˈrif /

noun

  1. a city in N Afghanistan.


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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.

From Reuters Mar. 21, 2022

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.

From Science Magazine Jan. 3, 2022

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.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2021

One October morning in Mazar-i-Sharif, dozens of men gathered downtown, carrying shovels cobbled together with rough wood and rusted metal.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2021

Suddenly, people were standing in grocery store lines and talking about the cities of my childhood, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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