A car bombing and mortar shells fired at a busy market in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Monday killed 23 people, including children, a statement from a provincial governor’s office said.
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he was briefed on reported Russian bounties placed on U.S. troops in Afghanistan and asked "fake news" The New York Times to identify its source. Taking to his twitter, the president stressed that no one in his administration had ever received such reports.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the "targeting and persecution" of the minority community by terrorists at the behest of their external supporters is a matter of "grave concern".
Afghanistan star Rashid Khan's mother passed away on Thursday.
Pakistani security forces abandoned their border check posts as violent protests erupted in Balochistan. The protests erupted in the border town of Brabchah on June 10. Protestors also pelted stones at the security forces.
While Klusener admitted having to issue with the saliva ban, he wants ICC to allow the use of specific substances in limited amount during the matches.
Top Afghanistan cricketers like Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have returned to training on Sunday.
All cricket has been suspended since March in the wake of coronavirus pandemic but the sport is slowly and steadily trying to find its feet back around the world.
The Test match was an uncertain affair given the coronavirus pandemic which has led to travel restrictions Down Under. However, Cricket Australia gave the day-night Test a go-ahead as part of their summer home fixture.
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr the Taliban and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani announced a three-day cease-fire on Sunday. The Taliban order, which was soon followed by an announcement via Twitter from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announcing the government “extends the offer of peace,” comes just days after U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in Kabul and Doha.
At least nine people were killed and 10 others were wounded in an attack by armed men on worshippers at a mosque in Parwan on Tuesday.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has defended his aggressive military strategy against insurgents, adding that his administration will never oppose efforts for peace and reconciliation but the armed forces had the right to defend the nation against threats.
US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that the Islamic State (IS) terror group had conducted two deadly attacks in Afghanistan earlier this week, which killed more than 50 civilians.
At least 15 people were killed and 56 others injured after a suicide blast hit a funeral in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday.
Head coach Lance Klusener, batting coach HD Ackermann and assistant coach Nawroz Mangal are among those impacted by the decision.
Four explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, security officials said, adding that there were no immediate reports of any casualties. The explosions took place in the Tahia Maskan area in PD4 of the city.
Shafaq accepted four charges relating to breach of the ACB Anti-Corruption Code during the inaugural edition of the Afghanistan Premier League T20 in 2018 and the 2019 edition of the BPL.
United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad and US Ambassador to India Ken Juster visited Ministry of External Affairs.
After Cheteshwar Pujara's contract was terminated by Gloucestershire, Qais Ahmed has also joined him in the list.
The two houses of the Afghan Parliament -- the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) and the Meshrano Jirga (upper house) -- have been put under a lockdown until the end of the nationwide restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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