An Afghan woman in burqa and a girl child walking through the courtyard of the Blue Mosque or ‘The Shrine of Hazrat Ali’, in Mazar-e-Sharif, in the northern province of Balkh. The shrine, dedicated to Hazrat Ali, Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law and the first spiritual leader of Shia Muslims, is frequented by Shia and Sunni Muslims alike, and bustles with activity, 24 hours a day. Afghanistan. June 26, 2007.

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