Bangladesh eye impossible shot at redemption
Bangladesh face an almost impossible task of qualifying for the semi-finals of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup when they face Afghanistan in their third and...
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Afghanistan stun Australia in Super 8 of T20 World Cup
Gulbadin Naib was Afghanistan鈥檚 man with the golden arm, bowling his team to a tense 21-run victory over previously unbeaten Australia in a Group One Super Eight encounter of the T20 World Cup at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on Saturday.
India beat Afghanistan in Super Eight
Suryakumar Yadav smashed a fine half-century before India's bowlers slammed the brakes on Afghanistan's flamboyant shot-makers to romp to a 47-run win in the T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban govt says to attend next round of UN talks in Doha
Taliban authorities will attend the third round of United Nations-hosted talks on Afghanistan in the Qatari capital, a government spokesman said on Sunday, after snubbing an invitation to the previous round....
Afghans advance, NZ out
Afghanistan underlined their growing status as the dark horses of the 2024 T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea on Thursday to advance to the...
Afghanistan pull off upset win over New Zealand
Rampant Afghanistan mauled a lethargic New Zealand by 84 runs to grab top spot in Group C at the T20 World Cup with an upset win at the Guyana National Stadium on Friday.
UN condemns mass public flogging in Afghanistan
The United Nations on Wednesday slammed a mass flogging of dozens of people in Afghanistan, and called on the Taliban authorities to end...
Afghanistan rout Uganda
Afghanistan produced a dominant bowling and batting performance to thrash debutants Uganda by 125 runs in the T20 World Cup in Guyana on...
20 drown in boat accident in eastern Afghanistan
Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan鈥檚 eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said....
Young Afghan side 'among the favourites' for T20 World Cup
A young Afghan side with an average age of just 25 have vowed to give audiences back home rare cause for jubilation at the T20 World Cup after a breakthrough performance at the 50-over showpiece.
Russia to remove Taliban from 鈥榯error鈥� list
Russia will remove the Taliban from a list of banned terrorist organisations, three years after they returned to power in Afghanistan, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said on Monday....
Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan鈥檚 children
The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the...
Afghans and Tajiks mix in rare but vital border market
For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance to cross the border into neighbouring Tajikistan and pick up food and household goods...
Floods toll reach 66 in Afghanistan
Fresh floods killed 66 people in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Sunday, in the latest deadly flooding to hit...
3 Spaniards, 3 Afghans killed in shooting
The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were transported to the capital along with...
Flash floods kill 50 in Afghanistan
Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said on Saturday, a week after hundreds were washed away in the north of the country....
Three Spanish tourists, one Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan
Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan were killed Friday in a shooting in the popular tourism destination of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, local and Spanish authorities said.
14 given citizenship certificates in India for first time under CAA
The first set of citizenship certificates to 14 people was issued under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA on Thursday, nearly two months after the Centre notified it, initiating the process of granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh....
Move on from Afghan trauma, address rising threat: US study
The United States must move on from the 鈥榯rauma鈥� of two decades of war and step up counterterrorism efforts to face growing threats from Afghanistan and...
Rescuers struggle to reach Afghanistan flood-hit areas
Emergency aid and rescue teams struggled on Sunday to reach areas of northern Afghanistan hardest hit by flash floods that killed hundreds...
Emergency in聽Afghanistan as聽300 die in flood
More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the World Food Programme said on...
Afghan diplomat in India quits after $2m gold smuggling reports
Afghanistan鈥檚 top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the...
Gunman kills six in attack on Afghan mosque
A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted...
Six people shot to death during gun attack on Afghan mosque
A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said on Tuesday...
Taliban supreme leader hits back at global critics in rare address
The Taliban鈥檚 hyper-reclusive supreme leader made a rare public appearance on Wednesday, an Afghan government spokesman said, berating the international community in a speech for criticising his rule....
Coercive diplomacy
PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN relations have been on a downward trajectory. They plunged to a new low earlier this month when Pakistan carried out air strikes on...