List of mosques in Afghanistan
The following is an incomplete list of large mosques in Afghanistan:
Name | Images | Province | City | Year | Remarks |
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Abdul Rahman Mosque | File:Kabul Mosque - usual traffic, August 3, 2010 - panoramio.jpg | Kabul Province | Kabul | 2009 | Largest mosque in Afghanistan |
Friday Mosque of Kandahar | Kandahar Province | Kandahar | 1750 | Houses the cloak of the Islamic prophet Muhammad | |
Omar Al-Farooq Mosque | Kandahar Province | Kandahar | 2014 | Built on the site that was a popular cinema of Kandahar. | |
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 | ? | Also known as the 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 | ? | ||
Lashkargah Mosque | Helmand Province | Lashkar Gah | ? | ||
Khost Mosque | Khost Province | Khost | 2000 | ||
Amir Ali Shernway Mosque | Jowzjan Province | Sheberghan | 2017 | Built by Turkey |
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