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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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That view was shared in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where a 22-year-old journalism student told AFP: "We can't study properly without smartphones".

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

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

“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.”

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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