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  Pakistan: Earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude hits multiple cities, epicentre is Afghanistan

  World | June 19, 2024 15:20 IST

  The tremors of the earthquake with its epicentre at the southeastern region of Afghanistan and a depth of 98 kilometres were felt across various regions, including Islamabad, and Rawalpindi.

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  West Indies dominate Afghanistan, advance to T20 Super 8 | 17th June | Sports Wrap

  Sports | June 18, 2024 15:55 IST

  West Indies dominated Afghanistan and advanced to the T20 Super 8 with a massive 104-run victory. On the other hand, New Zealand ends the disappointing T20 World Cup with an uplifting win. All of that and much more in today's sports wrap.

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  Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea to qualify for Super Eight | 14th June | Sports Wrap

  Sports | June 14, 2024 14:07 IST

  England have kept their hopes alive of qualifying for the Super Eight stage of the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup after their convincing eight-wicket win over Oman.

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  T20 World Cup: Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea to qualify for Super Eight; New Zealand crash out

  Cricket | June 14, 2024 9:37 IST

  Papua New Guinea (P.N.G.) registered their second-lowest total in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup history. Their lowest total had come earlier in the tournament against Uganda at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

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  Clinical Afghanistan hand biggest defeat to New Zealand in ICC Men's T20 World Cup history

  Cricket | June 08, 2024 8:55 IST

  New Zealand got bundled out for just 75 while chasing 160 runs. It is their second-lowest score in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup history. Their lowest score in the tournament is 60 which came against Sri Lanka in Chattogram in the 2014 edition of the tournament.

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  NZ vs AFG pitch report, T20 World Cup 2024: How will surface at Providence Stadium in Guyana play?

  Cricket | June 09, 2024 10:56 IST

  New Zealand have been consistently doing well at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. They played the final of the 2021 edition and were eliminated in the semifinals of the previous edition after a loss at the hands of Pakistan.

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  AFG vs UGA: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran create history for Afghanistan in T20 World Cup

  Cricket | June 04, 2024 8:16 IST

  The Afghan batting pair made full use of the batting wicket at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. They applied relentless pressure on the inexperienced bowling attack of Uganda and made them commit errors on the field.

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  Dwayne Bravo joins Afghanistan's backroom staff for T20 World Cup 2024

  Cricket | May 22, 2024 1:59 IST

  Dwayne Bravo was with the Chennai Super Kings in the role of the bowling coach in IPL 2024. He joins Afghanistan's backroom staff for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and the West Indies. Afghanistan have been placed in Group C alongside Afghanistan, New Zealand, PNG and Uganda.

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  50 killed, over 2,000 homes destroyed as heavy rains batter central Afghanistan

  World | May 18, 2024 14:57 IST

  While the exact number of people injured in the heavy rains and floods in Ghor province is unknown, the downpour has blocked access to key roads in the area. The latest incident came after 315 people were killed in northern Afghanistan last week.

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  Pakistan: Missile fired by a drone kills 4 members of a family near Afghan border

  World | May 14, 2024 19:26 IST

  The strike happened in South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief Hidayat Ullah said. He said it was not immediately clear who fired the missile and officers were investigating.

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  Afghanistan: Deadly floods ravage northern Afghanistan, over 50 killed, several missing

  News | May 11, 2024 13:46 IST

  At least 50 people have died, and more than 100 were injured in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan on May 10, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior said, adding that the death toll may rise.

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  Afghanistan: Devastating floods take lives of 50, injures at least 100

  World | May 11, 2024 0:06 IST

  Within a month of floods that killed 70, Afghanistan once again faces the wrath of devastating floods after heavy rainfall. Huge loss of life, properties reported.

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  Islamic State claims responsibility for mosque shooting in Afghanistan that killed six people

  World | May 01, 2024 14:19 IST

  The Islamic State claimed one of its members opened fire at a "Shiite mosque" that killed six people, including a woman and a child. The terror group has been behind several attacks in Afghanistan, despite Taliban's assurances of an improvement in the security situation.

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  Afghanistan announce squad for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

  Cricket | May 01, 2024 6:59 IST

  Afghanistan are placed in Group C alongside New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and the West Indies. They will play their tournament opener against Uganda on June 3 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

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  Pakistan: 7 customs officials killed in deadly attack despite tight security arrangements for polls

  World | April 21, 2024 15:35 IST

  As of now, no group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks since Thursday, which police said they were investigating. A senior police officer said that the "Customs officials were present for checks... when unknown persons opened fire".

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  Pakistan: Six security personnel, 12 militants killed in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  World | April 07, 2024 13:54 IST

  Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack on policemen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and termed the act "cowardly". Taking to social media platform X, Sharif said, “C owardly acts of terrorists cannot shake our resolve.”

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  Afghanistan: Nine children killed after old landmine in Ghazni province explodes

  World | April 01, 2024 20:49 IST

  Five boys and four boys between the ages of five and ten years old were killed in the explosion. Afghanistan remains highly dangerous for children who collect scrap metal due to old landmines and explosive remnants of war.

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  Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on Richter scale hits Afghanistan

  World | March 28, 2024 6:55 IST

  According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremors were felt at around 5:44 am. Earlier, the United Nations said that Afghanistan needed more than USD 400 million to recover from an earthquake that shook the nation last October killing around 2,000 people.

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  Putin woes revenge as intel agency tracks down 4 terrorists linked to horrific Moscow hall attack

  World | March 24, 2024 12:19 IST

  Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday's rampage, but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that Kyiv had anything to do with it.

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  Cricket Australia postpones T20I series against Afghanistan again

  Cricket | March 19, 2024 12:39 IST

  Ever since Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan in September 2021, Australia has refused to play bilateral cricket against them. Australia cancelled the one-off Test match in November 2021 and then withdrew from three-match ODI series in 2023 and now have postponed the T20I series.