The mosque at the centre of the raid was founded in Hamburg in the late 1950s - DANIEL BOCKWOLDT/DPA VIA AP German police have raided one of the country’s oldest mosques in a crackdown on Islamic ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the ...

The namesake of Mazar-i-Sharif suffered countless cracks in a 6.3-magnitude quake, but, like Afghanistan, it has endured for centuries. By Yaqoob Akbary Safiullah Padshah and Elian Peltier Yaqoob ...

The site of the mosque believed to be the resting place of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law of the Prophet MohammadSirat Noori/AP Photo/picture alliance The historic Blue Mosque of Mazar-e-Sharif was ...

Some residents in northern Afghanistan called on Wednesday for the Taliban government to help rebuild and restore a historic mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif that was damaged in a powerful earthquake. A ...

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, a northern city known for its magnificent Blue Mosque, which suffered damage. By Safiullah Padshah Yaqoob Akbary Elian Peltier and Mike Ives ...

The Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif, a 15th-century landmark famed for its vibrant tiles, was damaged by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan overnight, an AFP journalist saw on ...

The Blue Mosque, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the most famous landmarks in the city and a significant symbol of the Ottoman ...

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Powerful earthquake killed at least 27 people Quake also damaged historic Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif Tiles have been broken off and minarets cracked MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Nov 5 (Reuters) - ...