Mazar-i

At the heart of the exhibition is the miracle of Tillya Tepe, the "hill of gold", a huge earthen barrow 80 miles west of Mazar-i Sharif, between the Hindu Kush mountains and the streams of the Amu Darya.

The hill of gold 2011

If so, it would represent a dramatic reversal of course for the Iranian government, as in the late 1990s it very nearly invaded Afghanistan to toppled the Taliban government after Taliban fighters executed nine Iranian diplomats in Mazar-i Sharif.

Global Voices in English » Afganistan: Is Iran Supporting the Taliban? 2009

Kabul's development as the solitary capital of an Afghanistan comprised of the Kabul, Qandahar, Herat, and Mazar-i Sharif provinces resulted from the colonial encounter.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Such an intensification of commercial interaction between those two cities and along that route drew resources away from the economic exchanges between Kabul and other domestic and foreign markets such as Ghazni, Qandahar, Mazar-i Sharif, Bukhara and Dera Ismail Khan, and diminished the significance of the routes linking those locales.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The northerly route sequence linked Peshawar with Kabul, Mazar-i Sharif (Balkh), and Bukhara to the northwest, and Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi, and Calcutta to the southeast.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Similarly, market relations between Mazar-i Sharif and Kabul had an effect on the commercial traffic and trafficking through the Khaibar Pass to Peshawar.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

They had no fears about going back and appeared to be ready to spend the rest of their lives in Mazar-i Sharif.

Jane's armchair tour: Learning about Afghanistan & Kabul the easy way... 2007

So this school in Mazar-i - Sharif is a huge accomplishment.

CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2006 2006

And of course, literally days after those criticisms were raised, people saw Mazar-i - Sharif fall and Kabul fall.

CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2003 2003

And let me say that, of course, we considered not only Tora Bora operations, we also considered operations in the vicinity of Kabul, we considered operations in the vicinity of Kandahar, we considered operations we constructed up in the vicinity of Mazar-i - Sharif.

CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2002 2002