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Opinion: A Murky Rivalry Is Brewing In India's Neighbourhood

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Opinion: A Murky Rivalry Is Brewing In India's Neighbourhood

The Afghans are understandably furious. After more than two decades of unleashing terror on them from the mujahideen era through the Taliban times, Pakistan decided to bomb Afghan villages on Tuesday, killing some 46 people, including women and children. The villages allegedly sheltered the cadres of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). That’s ironic. The TTP is…

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UNESCO-Listed Musical Instrument ‘Rubab’ Stifled In Afghanistan

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UNESCO-Listed Musical Instrument ‘Rubab’ Stifled In Afghanistan

Herat, Afghanistan: Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands. Sakhi has crafted two rubabs a month for decades, and he refuses to set down his tools even as a Taliban crackdown…

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Days After Pak Air Strikes, Soldier Killed In Clashes With Afghan Troops

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Days After Pak Air Strikes, Soldier Killed In Clashes With Afghan Troops

Peshawar: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan’s forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans protested against the deadly air strikes that sparked the clashes. Sporadic fighting, including with heavy weaponry, erupted overnight between border forces on the frontier between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

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Test Records For Zimbabwe And Sean Williams As Afghanistan Toil

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Test Records For Zimbabwe And Sean Williams As Afghanistan Toil

Sean Williams in action© X (Twitter) 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. Resuming on 363 for four, the home side were all out for 586 at Queens Sports Club in the southern…

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Pakistan Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Militants’ Hideouts In Afghanistan

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Pakistan Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Militants’ Hideouts In Afghanistan

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it carried out strikes targeting militants’ hideouts in Afghanistan, amid strong protest from the Afghan leadership, which condemned it as a “brutal act” and said such arbitrary actions are not a solution to any problem. According to the Afghan officials, at least 46 people, including women and children, were…

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Zimbabwe To Give Free Entry To Spectators For Country’s First Boxing Day Test In 28 Years

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Zimbabwe To Give Free Entry To Spectators For Country’s First Boxing Day Test In 28 Years

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced free entry for spectators to the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the upcoming two-match Test series against Afghanistan, starting with the Boxing Day game on Thursday. In a statement, ZC said the decision comes in the wake of its efforts to celebrate the country’s first Boxing Day…

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Mumbai Indians’ New Recruit Added To Afghanistan’s Squad For Tests vs Zimbabwe

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Mumbai Indians’ New Recruit Added To Afghanistan’s Squad For Tests vs Zimbabwe

Spinner AM Ghazanfar has been added to Afghanistan’s squad for its upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe, starting in Bulawayo on Thursday. The development comes after reports emerged of Rashid Khan being unavailable for the Boxing Day game due to personal reasons. AM Ghazanfar has been added to Afghanistan’s squad for the two-match test…

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Pakistan launches airstrikes targeting suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan

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Pakistan launches airstrikes targeting suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan

In Kabul, the Afghan Defense Ministry condemned the airstrikes by Pakistan, saying the bombing targeted civilians, including women and children. It said that most of the victims were refugees from the Waziristan region. | Photo Credit: X/@MoDAfghanistan2 Pakistan in rare airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan on Tuesday (December…

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Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan 3rd ODI LIVE Score Updates Zim v Afg Scorecard LIVE Streaming

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Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan 3rd ODI LIVE Score Updates Zim v Afg Scorecard LIVE Streaming

ZIM v AFG 3rd ODI LIVE Scorecard© AFP Zimbabwe v Afghanistan 3rd ODI, LIVE Scorecard Updates: Zimbabwe take on Afghanistan in the third and final ODI of the series in Harare, hoping to draw level. After the first ODI was washed out, Afghanistan comprehensively beat Zimbabwe in the second game, by a massive margin…

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Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone?

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Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone?

Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone? Is New Delhi making a subtle strategic outreach to its south Asian neighbourhood this season? Bhutan’s King, Sri Lanka and Maldives’ presidents, Nepal’s Foreign Minister received warm welcomes in Delhi. As the Foreign Secretary travels to Dhaka, weeks after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s…

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