More than half a million people in Afghanistan were displaced due to climate disasters in 2024, the International Organisation for Migration said in a country report published on Tuesday.
England's Jos Buttler on Wednesday said he will discuss his future as white-ball captain with team management after his side lost to Afghanistan to crash out of the Champions Trophy.
Opener Ibrahim Zadran's 177 and five wickets by Azmatullah Omarzai helped Afghanistan knock England out of the Champions Trophy with a thrilling eight-run victory on Wednesday.
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi warned England on Tuesday that memories of their famous 2023 World Cup win over the then holders gives them the confidence to pull off a Champions Trophy surprise.
Opener Ryan Rickelton struck a maiden one-day international hundred as South Africa routed Afghanistan by 107 runs in the Champions Trophy in Karachi on Friday.
Opener Ryan Rickelton struck a maiden one-day international hundred to guide South Africa to an imposing 315-6 in their Group B Champions Trophy clash against Afghanistan in Karachi on Friday.
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi on Thursday said calls from other nations for a boycott of their matches because of the treatment of women by the ruling Taliban did not effect his team.
Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan hoped would spark 鈥榓 movement for change鈥�.
Afghanistan鈥檚 supreme leader has said the Taliban will not be intimidated by 鈥榯hreats鈥� in a speech given days after the International Criminal Court prosecutor requested a warrant for his arrest over the persecution of women in the country.
Iran and Afghanistan called for increased cooperation during a trip to Kabul by Tehran鈥檚 foreign minister on Sunday, the highest-level Iranian official to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban鈥檚 takeover in 2021....
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government said on Friday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court for its leaders was 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�.
The International Criminal Court鈥檚 chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity...
Afghanistan announced their squad Sunday for next month's Champions Trophy, with prolific opener Ibrahim Zadran returning after an injury lay-off but spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman missing out.
Afghanistan鈥檚 embassy in Pakistan said around 800 Afghans living in the capital have been detained by authorities, including some who are registered with the UN鈥檚 refugee agency.
A group of more than 160 British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board to boycott next month's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan as a stand against the Taliban regime's assault on women's rights.
Star leg spinner Rashid Khan took his seventh wicket of the innings as Afghanistan speedily wrapped up a 72-run victory over Zimbabwe on Monday to win the two-Test series.
Leg-spinner Rashid Khan took six wickets in a row to put Afghanistan on the verge of victory in the series-deciding second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Sunday.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan鈥檚 governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs...
Afghanistan veteran Hashmatullah Shahidi and Zimbabwe rookie Brian Bennett starred as the first Test was drawn after a rain-shortened final day in Bulawayo on Monday.
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan鈥檚 forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans...
Zimbabwe and their veteran batter Sean Williams created Test records on Friday against Afghanistan, who trailed by 491 runs after the second day of the first Test in Bulawayo.
Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said on Wednesday, whilst a Pakistan security official said the bombardment had targeted 鈥榯errorist hideouts鈥�.
Teenage spinner Allah Ghazanfar took five for 33 as Afghanistan overwhelmed Zimbabwe by eight wickets on Saturday for a 2-0 one-day international series win.
Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52 people and injured 65, the Taliban government spokesmen said on Thursday...
A coal mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan trapping 32 miners, a provincial official told AFP on Sunday, adding rescuers had been working for hours to reach the men....
Tashinga Musekiwa struck 11 runs off the final over on Wednesday to give Zimbabwe their second-ever victory against Afghanistan in a T20 international.
The UN mission to Afghanistan on Wednesday urged the Taliban government to reconsider a reported plan to ban women from attending medical training institutes, in the latest move to restrict women鈥檚 education...
An Afghan environment official on Sunday said the country must be allowed to participate in future global climate talks, after returning from COP29 in Baku where Taliban officials attended for the first time...
Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan鈥檚 northern Baghlan province, an interior ministry spokesman said on Friday.
A teenager who narrowly escaped after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan three years ago, on Tuesday won the prestigious KidsRights Prize for her fight for women鈥檚 rights...