List of mosques in Afghanistan
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The following is an incomplete list of large mosques in Afghanistan:
| Name | Image | Province | City | Year (CE) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haji Piyada Mosque |  |
Balkh | Near Balkh | c. 8th-9th century | In partial ruins |
| Green Mosque, Balkh | Balkh | Balkh | 1421 | Mausoleum and mosque, built during Timurid period | |
| Shrine of Khwaja Abd Allah and mosque |  |
Herat | Gazur Gah, Herat | 1425 | Mausoleum, shrine, and mosque, built during Timurid period |
| Gawhar Shad Mosque |  |
Herat | Herat | 1438 | Part of the Musalla complex, built during Timurid period. Partially destroyed in 1885; in a partial ruinous state[1]: 102–104 |
| Great Mosque of Herat |  |
Herat | Herat | 1446 | The city's first congregational mosque, built during Timurid period on the former site of two smaller Zoroastrian Fire temples that were destroyed by earthquake and fire |
| Blue Mosque |  |
Balkh | Mazar-i-Sharif | 1480 | The largest mosque in the province, also built during Timurid period |
| Friday Mosque of Kandahar |  |
Kandahar | Kandahar | 1750 | Houses the cloak of Muhammad, an Islamic prophet |
| Pul-e Khishti Mosque |  |
Kabul | Kabul | 18th century | The largest mosque in Kabul |
| Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet | Kandahar | Kandahar | 19th century | ||
| Khost Mosque |  |
Khost | Khost | 2000 | The largest mosque in the province |
| Abdul Rahman Mosque |  |
Kabul | Kabul | 2009 | One of the largest mosques in Kabul |
| Abul Fazl Mosque |  |
Kabul | Murad Khane, Kabul | c. 2010 | Shrine and mosque |
| Omar Al-Farooq Mosque | Kandahar | Kandahar | 2014 | One of the largest mosques in Kandahar[2] | |
| Amir Ali Shernway Mosque | Jowzjan | Sheberghan | 2017 | The largest mosque in Jowzjan province. Built by Turkey[3] | |
| Imam Bargah Mosque | Kandahar | Kandahar | Scene of the 2021 Kandahar bombing[4] | ||
| Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque | Kunduz | Kunduz | Scene of the 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing | ||
| Gaza Mosque | Kabul | Kabul | 2025 | ||
| Hajji Dunya Gul Niazi Jamia Masjid | Laghman | Mihtarlam | |||
| Mosque of Jalalabad |  |
Nangarhar | Jalalabad | One of the largest mosques in the province | |
| Lashkargah Mosque |  |
Helmand | Lashkar Gah | One of the largest mosques in the province | |
| Red Mosque | Kandahar | Kandahar | |||
| Sakhi Shrine |  |
Kabul | Kabul | Also known as Karte Sakhi Shrine |
