The following is an incomplete list of large mosques in Afghanistan:
Name | Images | Province | City | Year | Remarks |
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Abdul Rahman Mosque | Kabul Province | Kabul | 2009 | One of the largest mosques in Kabul. | |
Abul Fazl Mosque | Kabul Province | Murad Khane, Kabul | |||
Friday Mosque of Kandahar | Kandahar Province | Kandahar | 1750 | Houses the cloak of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. | |
Imam Bargah mosque | Kandahar Province | Kandahar | ? | Scene of the 2021 Kandahar bombing.[1] | |
Omar Al-Farooq Mosque | Kandahar Province | Kandahar | 2014 | One of the largest mosques in Kandahar.[2] | |
Hajji Dunya Gul Niazi Jamia Masjid | Laghman Province | Mihtarlam | |||
Great Mosque of Herat | Herat Province | Herat | 1446 | The mosque was the city's first congregational mosque, built on the former site of two smaller Zoroastrian Fire temples destroyed by earthquake and fire. | |
Shrine of Ali | Balkh Province | Mazar-i-Sharif | ? | The largest mosque in the province, also referred to as the Great Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif. | |
Sakhi Shrine (Ziarat-e Sakhi) | Kabul Province | Kabul | ? | Also known as Karte Sakhi Shrine | |
Mosque of Jalalabad | Nangarhar Province | Jalalabad | ? | One of the largest mosques in the province. | |
Lashkargah Mosque | Helmand Province | Lashkar Gah | ? | One of the largest mosques in the province. | |
Khost Mosque | Khost Province | Khost | 2000 | The largest mosque in the province. | |
Amir Ali Shernway Mosque | Jowzjan Province | Sheberghan | 2017 | The largest mosque in Jowzjan province. Built by Turkey.[3] | |
Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque | Kunduz Province | Kunduz | ? | Scene of the 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing | |
Red Mosque | Kandahar Province | Kandahar |
See also
Look up Mosque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References
- ↑ "Afghanistan: Islamic State claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack that killed at least 47 worshippers". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "Omar Al-Farooq mosque". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "View of Amir Ali Shernway Mosque". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
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