The twin blue domes of the Shrine of Hazrat Ali are one of Afghanistan's most iconic places of interest, and pilgrims come from across the country to pay their good wishes at the mausoleum contained inside. Even though non-Muslims are prohibited entry to the shrine structure itself, views of the structure are to be much enjoyed from the pleasant park that surrounds the compound.

The rich blue tiling that wraps every available exterior of the shrine is modern. The Timurid adornment fell into poor shape and the structure was covered with a simple whitewash until the 1860s when it was renovated by Sher Ali Khan, the Amir swept away by the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Sher Ali Khan's grave is to the west of the central shrine door. A larger grave next door is to that other immense scourge of the British, Wazir Akbar Khan, who died three years after driving the British Army out of the country in their devastating retreat from Kabul in 1842. On the east side of the holy place is a tall minaret-like pigeon tower. The doves in the shrine compound are well-known across Afghanistan. Every seventh pigeon is said to contain a spirit, and the site is so sacred that if a grey pigeon flies here it turns white within 40 days.