Bangladesh beat Afghanistan to stay alive in Asia Cup
Spinner Nasum Ahmed produced a miserly spell to help Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by eight runs on Tuesday and keep their Asia Cup hopes alive.
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Pakistan military kills 31 extremists near Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Pakistan鈥檚 military said it had killed 31 local Taliban extremists in two operations near the border with Afghanistan, where the group鈥檚 presence has increased...
Tigers face Afghans in must-win tie
Bangladesh are in a must-win situation when they take on Afghanistan in their final Group B match of the ongoing Asia Cup at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi today.聽聽
Tri-series win confidence builder for Pakistan: Hesson
Pakistan coach Mike Hesson believes his team鈥檚 victory in a tri-series tournament with Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates will serve as a 鈥榗onfidence builder鈥� for the Asia Cup starting in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Nawaz hat-trick helps Pakistan down Afghanistan in tri-series final
Pakistan laid down a marker ahead of the Asia Cup as Mohammad Nawaz took a hat-trick in a 75-run win over Afghanistan in their tri-series final in Sharjah on Sunday.
Bangladesh sends emergency relief to Afghanistan
Bangladesh interim government has sent urgent humanitarian aid to Afghanistan following a powerful earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country on August 31, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring over 3,600 others.
Afghanistan quake toll rises to 2,200
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend rose sharply to more than 2,200 on Thursday, according to a new toll, making it the deadliest in decades to hit the country.
Afghan quake survivors still await aid
Rescue teams struggled Wednesday to reach survivors as night approached days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as access to remote areas remained obstructed...
Toll passes 1,400 as fresh quake hits Afghanistan
A fresh 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit the east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, jolting a region still struggling with the aftermath of a powerful quake at the weekend that killed 1,400 people.
Afghanistan quake kills 800
A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on Monday, after a strong earthquake collapsed homes onto sleeping families in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people with the toll expected to rise, Taliban authorities said.
Long-awaited pension payments relief for Afghan retirees
After a four-year suspension, the Taliban government has announced it would resume pension payments for Afghanistan鈥檚 nearly 150,000 retired military and civil servants.
Afghanistan have no 'specific targets': Rashid
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan says his team have no 鈥榮pecific targets鈥� despite producing groundbreaking performances in recent ICC global events, ahead of a T20 international tri-series starting Friday.
Afghanistan announce spin-heavy squad for tri-series, Asia Cup
Fast-rising Afghanistan announced a spin-heavy squad on Sunday led by Rashid Khan for the T20 tri-series and Asia Cup to be played in the United Arab Emirates.
Afghanistan to host Bangladesh for white-ball series in October
Bangladesh national cricket team will play a white-ball series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates in October, stated the Afghanistan Cricket Board on Sunday.
78 killed in Afghanistan bus accident
The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, provincial officials said on Wednesday...
Bangladesh to tour Afghanistan after Asia Cup
Bangladesh national cricket team is set to tour Afghanistan for a white-ball series after the Asia Cup, confirmed the Afghanistan Cricket Board on Friday...
Taliban mark 4th year in power in Afghanistan, now officially recognised
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday, buoyed by Russia鈥檚 first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow...
Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE to play T20I tri-series
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates will participate in a tri-series of Twenty20 international matches to tune up for next month's Asia Cup followed by the World Cup next year.
Exiled Afghan women cricketers get more ICC backing
The International Cricket Council has pledged more support to Afghanistan's displaced women's cricketers to get back to playing.
鈥楽erious questions鈥� over UK secret Afghan relocations: PM
Ministers in the UK鈥檚 last Conservative government have 鈥榮erious questions to answer鈥� over a secret resettlement plan for thousands of Afghans after a data breach endangered their lives, prime minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.
Pak army kills 30 trying to cross from Afghanistan
Pakistan鈥檚 army said Friday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after a suicide attack killed 16 soldiers in the same region.
Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban govt
Afghanistan鈥檚 government said on Thursday that Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a 鈥榖rave decision鈥�.
The folly of a war with Iran
THE neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya 鈥� and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69 billion squandered in Ukraine 鈥� look set to lure us into yet another military fiasco with Iran...
Afghanistan welcomes upgraded ties with Pakistan
Afghanistan has welcomed the decision to upgrade diplomatic relations with Pakistan, where the Taliban government鈥檚 foreign minister is due to travel in the coming days, his office said on Saturday...
Pak troops kill 54 attempting to cross border from Afghanistan
Pakistan鈥檚 army said Sunday its soldiers killed 54 militants who had tried to enter the country by crossing its northwestern border with Afghanistan...
Pak FM visits Kabul amid rising Afghan deportations
Pakistan鈥檚 foreign minister arrived Saturday in Afghanistan to meet Taliban officials after his country expelled more than 85,000 Afghans, mostly children, in just over two weeks...
Four publicly executed in a day in Afghanistan
Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban鈥檚 return to power.
Taliban release 2,463 prisoners ahead of Eid
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government released nearly 2,500 prisoners ahead of celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, the supreme court said on Saturday, in a country where the UN has warned of a growing prison population.
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban鈥檚 oppression of women...
80pc of Afghanistan operations risk shutdown by June: WHO
The World Health Organisation said Monday 80 per cent of services that it supports in Afghanistan could shut down by June due to a funding shortage...