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Afghanistan - Mazar-e Sharif
36°42'N 67°06'E

Mazar-e-Sharif is located in the Baghlan Province and is the second biggest city in Afghanistan after Kabul, with around 1 million inhabitants. The city is just three and half hours away from Kabul and 2 hours away from the Tajikistan border. The main agricultural crops grown in the area are wheat, rice, corn, sesame, and grass pea. Mazar-e-Sharif is mainly known for its cattle and leather production industry. The region also benefits from precious stones, such as emeralds and lapis lazuli.

Mazar-e-Sharif Provincial Reconstruction Team

The Swedish military took command of the Mazar-e-Sharif PRT from the British on 16 March 2006. The UK was thus feed to move to Lashkar Gah. The Mazar PRT has primarily been tasked with security sector refeorm and the disarming and demobilizing of local militias. The PRT itself is based at Camp Northern Lights and his home to the majority of Sweden's 250-troop contingent to ISAF.

Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif

Video footage of airstrikes on prison compound, used during DoD news briefing of November 26, 2001
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Movie showing Nov. 25, 2001, airstrike on Mazar-e Sharif prison compound where a prisonner uprising occurred. Visible in the footage is a rocket-propelled grenade being fired Movie showing a Nov. 25, 2001, airstrike on Mazar-e Sharif prison compound where a prisonner uprising occurred. Visible in this footage is the building from where the rocket-propelled grenade came being struck by a Navy F-18
Footage showing Nov. 25, 2001, airstrike on Mazar-e Sharif prison compound where a prisonner uprising occurred. Visible in the first video is a rocket-propelled grenade being fired. Visible in the second video is the building from where the rocket-propelled grenade came being struck by munition from a Navy F-18.



Footage of airstrike on withdrawing Taliban military vehicles, used during DoD news briefing of November 13, 2001
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Movie showing showing Nov. 9, 2001, airstrike on Taliban military vehicles in a convoy withdrawing from the recently captured Mazar-e Sharif. Visible on the left side of the screen are other Taliban vehicles that were destroyed or are burning
Footage showing showing Nov. 9, 2001, airstrike on Taliban military vehicles in a convoy withdrawing from the recently captured Mazar-e Sharif. Visible on the left side of the screen are other Taliban vehicles that were destroyed or are burning



Footage of airstrike on a Taliban trench and bunker complex, used during DoD news briefing of November 7, 2001
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Movie showing showing airstrike on a Taliban trench and bunker complex outside of Mazar-e Sharif, and thus in support of the Northern Alliance opposition
Footage showing showing airstrike on a Taliban trench and bunker complex outside of Mazar-e Sharif, and thus in support of the Northern Alliance opposition



Footage of airstrike on a Taliban armored vehicle, used during DoD news briefing of November 5, 2001
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Movie showing November 3, 2001, airstrike against a Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle positioned southwest of Mazar-e Sharif
Footage showing November 3, 2001, airstrike against a Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle positioned southwest of Mazar-e Sharif



Footage of airstrike on a group of Taliban armored vehicles, used during DoD news briefing of October 31, 2001
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Movie showing airstrike on a group of Taliban armored vehicles dispersed along a ridge line facing the Northern Alliance outside Mazar-e Sharif
Footage showing airstrike on a group of Taliban armored vehicles dispersed along a ridge line facing the Northern Alliance outside Mazar-e Sharif



Footage of airstrike on Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle, used during DoD news briefing of October 29, 2001
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Movie showing Oct. 26, 2001, airstrike on a Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle seeking cover in a wadi near Marzar-e-Sharif
Footage showing Oct. 26, 2001, airstrike on a Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle seeking cover in a wadi near Marzar-e-Sharif



Footage of airstrike on Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle, used during DoD news briefing of October 26, 2001
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Movie showing Oct. 25, 2001, airstrike on a Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle in the Mazar-e Sharif area
Footage showing Oct. 25, 2001, airstrike on a Taliban Vth Corps armored vehicle in the Mazar-e Sharif area



Footage of airstrikes on the Taliban V Corps
near Mazar-e Sharif, used during DoD news briefing of October 23, 2001
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Movie showing airstrike on a Taliban Command Post near Mazar-e Sharif Movie showing airstrike on a Taliban Vth Corps tank in a defensive position in a wadi near Mazar-e Sharif
The two videos above show airstrikes on the Taliban V corps near Mazar-e Sharif. The first video shows an airstrike on a Taliban command post, eliminating in the process key parts of the command and control that limits the Taliban's ability to run ground operations against the Northern Alliance. The second clip shows a direct hit on a Taliban V Corps tank in a defensive position in a wadi.



Pre- and post-strikes aerials of
Mazar E Sharif Regimental Headquarters
used during DoD news briefing of October 11, 2001
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The Mazar-e Sharif division regiment headquarters houses troops, tanks, armored and support vehicles as well as other facilities. These facilities were struck on both Day One and Two of the Air Campaign.



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