List of mosques in Afghanistan explained

The following is an incomplete list of large mosques in Afghanistan:

Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	Province	City	Year	align=left class=unsortable	Remarks
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

• Islam in Afghanistan
• Lists of mosques

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afghanistan: Islamic State claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack that killed at least 47 worshippers. 2021-10-25. Sky News. en.
2. Web site: Omar Al-Farooq mosque. 2021-04-20. en-GB.
3. Web site: View of Amir Ali Shernway Mosque. 2021-04-20. en-GB.