Setting sun highlights traffic and traffic cops in the center of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, September 22, 2002. Mazar-i-Sharif (also spelled Mazar-e Sharif) is the largest city in Northern Afghanistan, and is capital of the Balkh province. It is an important city for Afghanistan's Shiite Muslims, who come to worship at the famous Blue Mosque.

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