"Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif (Persian/Pashto: \u0645\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0650 \u0634\u0631\u06CC\u0641, \u02CCm\u00E6\u02C8z\u0252\u02D0r \u02CCi \u0283\u00E6\u02C8ri\u02D0f) is the fourth-largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 375,000 as of 2006. It is the capital of Balkh province and is linked by highways with Kunduz in the east, Kabul in the southeast, Herat in the west and Uzbekistan in the north. Mazar-e Sharif, along with Herat, Jalalabad in the east and Kandahar in the south, makes Afghanistan an important strategic location in Asia."@en . "Mazar-i-Shar\u012Bf"@en . "357.0"^^ . . "\u0645\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0650 \u0634\u0631\u06CC\u0641"@en . . "375000"^^ . . . "+4:30" .