Mazar-i-Sharif

[ mah-zahr-ee-shah-reef ]

noun

1. a city in N Afghanistan.

Example Sentences

Balkh, including northern Afghanistan's largest city Mazar-i-Sharif, was among the first areas to fall to the Taliban before they captured the capital Kabul in August 2021.

From BBC

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.

From Reuters

Mohammad Saber Soltani, 50, from Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, lost his wife and two children in the shipwreck.

From New York Times

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.

From Reuters

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.

From New York Times