Mazar

During celebrations in Mazar-e-Sharif marking the Afghan new year, Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who fought the Soviets and commanded forces that overthrew the Taliban in 2001, said a "peace jirga," planned for late April or early May, would try to chart a way to reconcile with government opponents.

U.S. forces on Taliban's heels 2010

Members of its secretariat get deployed hither and yon (this year so far to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Haiti) and as a body it has taken responsibility for training Afghan police in Mazar-i-Sharif and coordinating the police aspects of the EU military mission in Bosnia.

April Books 1) The Emperor's Babe, by Bernardine Evaristo 50books_poc 2010

Posted in Mazar-e-Sharif, Pervez Kambaksh, journalist student sentenced to death.

Let’s Install A Democracy Not A Theocracy In Afghanistan « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

Posted in Mazar-e-Sharif, Pervez Kambaksh, journalist student sentenced to death.

2008 February 01 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

Sgt. Long N. Nguyen, 27, of Portland, Ore., died Feb. 10 in Mazar-e

KIA KIA/BNR 2007

Nader Nadery recalls attending the pre-loya jirga election in Mazar-e-Sharif, where a handful of regional delegates were to be elected by secret ballot from among caucuses of about sixty local notables.

The Pragmatist 2004

Nader Nadery recalls attending the pre-loya jirga election in Mazar-e-Sharif, where a handful of regional delegates were to be elected by secret ballot from among caucuses of about sixty local notables.

The Pragmatist 2004

Their destiny, to meet at a place called Mazar-e-Shariff

Two Sides Of The American Coin... (The beginning of the "War on Terror" remembered) 2006

We know that Taliban troops have been pulling back from the outlying positions they held, particularly around the north of Kabul and another important area call Mazar-e Sharif.

CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2001 2001

Sabrina Michals , one of the company's star stylists—and a trainer of Bumble and bumble employees for backstage combat duty at events such as Fashion Week—was sharing techniques with Zarghuna, an Afghan woman from the northern city of Mazar.

Blow-Dry Diplomacy Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011