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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. Kabul’s skies were raked with fireworks when Afghanistan celebrated their stunning eight-wicket victory against Pakistan in the ODI…
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Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced the appointment of West Indies great Dwayne Bravo as the Bowling Consultant of the national team for the T20 World Cup 2024, which will kick off on June 1 in the USA and the West Indies. Bravo is set to join the team during the preparation…
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People remove mud from the courtyard of their houses after floods in Maymana, the capital city of Faryab Province, Afghanistan. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms and villages and swept away swathes of communities….
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The rains come after a prolonged drought in Afghanistan. Kabul: Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms and villages and swept away swathes of communities. Hundreds of people have died in flash floods this month that have also swamped agricultural lands…
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An Afghan boy walks along a flooded street in Sheikh Jalal, Baghlan province, Afghanistan on May 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said on May 12, as villagers buried their dead and aid agencies…
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People clean up their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan Saturday, May 11, 2024. Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed hundreds of people on Friday, a Taliban official said. | Photo Credit: AP Flash floods from seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of…
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Rashid Khan will reconsider participating in the 2025 edition of the Big Bash League.© X (Twitter) Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan will reconsider participating in the 2025 edition of the Big Bash League (BBL). This comes after Cricket Australia (CA) indefinitely postponed their three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, which was scheduled for August at a neutral…
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Taliban forces patrol near the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and…
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In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced its Wilayat Khorasan, the Taliban wrote a letter to the IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Taliban’s demand was that the IS should stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State were insurgencies that time. The letter, signed by…
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Nine children were killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan that was caused by a landmine laid during the country’s decades of conflict, a provincial official said on April 1. The mine went off as a group of young boys and girls were playing with it in the Geru district of Ghazni province on Sunday,…
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