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Mazar - e Sharif International Airport , locally known as Mawln Jall ad - Dn Muhammad Balkh International Airport , is located 9 km east of Mazar - i - Sharif in northern ___MASK68___ , a journey of 15 minutes by taxi from the center of the city . It comes with a dual - runway capable of handling large aircraft such as Boeing 747 , Boeing C - 17 Globemaster III and Antonov An - 225 . The airport has facilities for up to 1 , 000 passengers , making it one of the largest airports in ___MASK68___ . Mazar - i - Sharif or Mazar - e - Sharif ( Persian / Pashto :    ) is the fourth - largest city of ___MASK68___ , with a population of 693 , 000 ( 2015 ). 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 ___MASK68___ an important strategic location in Asia . The city also serves as one of the many tourist attractions because of its famous shrines as well as the Muslim and Hellenistic archeological sites . In 2006 , the discovery of new Hellenistic remains was announced . ___MASK68___ ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK68___ , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population of approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd most populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and China in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . Camp Marmal is the largest base of the Bundeswehr outside of ___MASK59___ . It is adjacent to the Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi International Airport in Mazar - i - Sharif , ___MASK68___ , at the foot of the Hindu Kush mountains . The camp was opened in September 2005 and has expanded in recent years . The camp gets its name from the bordering Marmal Mountains . Kishindih or Kishindeh district is the southernmost district in Balkh province . Its capital is Kishindinh Bala , situated in the northern part of the district . ___MASK68___ is made up of 34 provinces (" wilåyat "). The provinces of ___MASK68___ are the primary administrative divisions . Each province encompasses a number of districts or usually over 1 , 000 villages . Balkh ( Persian / Pashto :  " Balkh "; Bactrian :  , " axl ") was an ancient city and centre of Buddhism , Islam , and Zoroastrianism in what is now northern ___MASK68___ . Today it is a small town in the province of Balkh , about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital , Mazar - e Sharif , and some south of the Amu Darya . It was one of the major cities of Khorasan , since the latter ' s earliest history . Marco Polo described Balkh as a " noble and great city ". Balkh ( Persian and Pashto :  , " Balx ") is one of the 34 provinces of ___MASK68___ , located in the north of the country . It is divided into about twelve districts and has a population of about 1 , 245 , 100 , which is multi - ethnic and mostly a Persian - speaking society . The city of Mazar - i - Sharif serves as the capital of the province . The Mazar - e Sharif International Airport and Camp Marmal sit on the eastern edge of Mazar - i - Sharif .