As the Taliban advanced northward toward Mazar-i Sharif in mid-July ... bordering the predominantly Hazara region of central Afghanistan known as Hazarajat. After the city of Shiberghan, some ...
In May 1997 the Taliban launched another offensive on Mazar-i Sharif. This time ... and instead pounded the city with rockets. Hizb-e Wahdat, Jamiat-i Islami, and another faction, the Ittehad ...
The incident occurred in the second district of Mazar-e-Sharif. There is no report yet on the exact casualties. Also, officials of Afghan interim government have not yet issued a statement in this ...