Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith.

Split by the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education in Afghanistan, the sisters hoped to reunite in the US. But new travel limits could jeopardize their plans.

A number of eyewitnesses in Mazar-i-Sharif told TOLO news that the explosion occurred in the city's central market square. These sources reported that a police station was targeted in the attack and ...

Mazar-e-Sharif is a key target for the anti-Taliban northern alliance because it is along a major road to Uzbekistan in the north.

According to the Department of Work and Social Affairs, averagely 800 workers daily gather at different areas of Mazar-i-Sharif city to find work.

A cotton processing plant at a cost of 2 million U.S. dollars has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.

Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan, has fallen to the Taliban after the insurgents launched a major assault there earlier in the day.

Afghanistan: Deadly explosions hit Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif At least 11 killed in a series of separate explosions that hit a mosque in Kabul and vehicles in northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Mohammad Asif Wazeri, spokesman for Taliban commander, confirmed that a blast happened in the second district inside a Shi'ite mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif city.

An explosion claimed by the Islamic State at a Shi'ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday killed at least 11 people, a health official said, one of a series of blasts ...

ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif, via its Telegram channel. An explosion at a Shia mosque in the northern city Thursday killed or wounded at least 20 ...

A blast at a mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif has caused dozens of casualties, officials said on Thursday.