Mazar-e-Sharif

The Northern Alliance forces are making a run at the Taliban forces and they claim they have taken a couple villages but the real target is Mazar-e-Sharif, which is about 20 miles from the villages.

CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2001 2001

It is very clearly on the eastern part of Afghanistan with the exception of Herat and in Mazar-e-Sharif, which is in the north west, I guess?

CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2001 2001

The attack on the U.N. office in Mazar-e-Sharif began after Friday's prayers, when thousands of demonstrators poured out of the historic Blue Mosque and marched more than a mile to the fortified compound.

Afghan Rioting Spreads Over Quran Burning Dion Nissenbaum 2011

Bryan Denton for The Wall Street Journal Sitting atop his horse, buzkashi star Jahaan Geer surveys the scene at a recent 'goat grabbing' competition in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's 'Goat Grabbing' Game 2011

Friday's attack in Mazar-e-Sharif was the deadliest for the U.N. in Afghanistan, with a toll exceeding that of the October 2009 Taliban assault that killed eight people at a U.N. guest house in Kabul.

Afghan Rioting Spreads Over Quran Burning Dion Nissenbaum 2011

Afghan police and U.N. workers picked through the scarred Mazar-e-Sharif compound on Saturday as the bodies of the slain victims, along with the survivors, were flown back to Kabul.

Afghan Rioting Spreads Over Quran Burning Dion Nissenbaum 2011

Now, they play only for the salaries, not because they love buzkashi, complained 65-year-old Jabar, a cleaner at the Mazar-e-Sharif stadium who has worked at buzkashi fields for 20 years.

In Afghanistan's National Pastime, It's Better to Be a Hero Than a Goat Maria Abi-Habib 2011

At least seven foreigners and several Afghans were killed when a mob overran the U.N. compound in Mazar-e-Sharif Friday.

Afghan Rioting Spreads Over Quran Burning Dion Nissenbaum 2011

Bryan Denton for The Wall Street Journal Mazar-e-Sharif holds some of the most competitive games across the country.

Afghanistan's 'Goat Grabbing' Game 2011

The violent protests began on Friday when angry Afghans stormed a United Nations office in the northern city, Mazar-e-Sharif, leaving five protesters and seven foreign U.N employees dead.

NATO Military, Civilian Chiefs Condemn Quran Burning 2011