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Afghan-Pakistan peace talks push ahead
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan - Afghan and Pakistani negotiators were locked in key peace talks in Istanbul on Friday after deadly border fighting threatened a fragile truce.
Afghan women cricketers reunite after fleeing Taliban
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Afghanistan’s women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban more than three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan said she hoped would spark “a movement for change”.
'Crazy for cricket': Young Afghans inspired by national team's success
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» KABUL - In a central Kabul street, the sound of kids playing was once mostly the scuff of a football against concrete. Now, it is punctuated with the crack of a cricket bat.
Afghanistan send Pakistan crashing to shock World Cup defeat
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» CHENNAI (INDIA) - Afghanistan put on a superb batting and bowling display to hand Pakistan a stunning eight-wicket defeat in the Cricket World Cup on Monday.
Maiden over: Afghan cricket escapes sanctions despite women's team woes
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» PERTH (AUSTRALIA) - While cricket fans in Afghanistan excitedly prepare for the World Cup in India, most of the country's women players are in limbo abroad.
Australia dump Afghan cricket series over Taliban crackdown on women
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia pulled out of an upcoming cricket series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, citing Taliban moves to further restrict women's rights.
From Taliban to Ronaldo's land, Afghan women footballers train again
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» LISBON: Forced to flee Afghanistan by the Taliban takeover, members of the Afghan women's youth football team and their families have sought refuge in Portugal and are back training in the Lisbon suburbs.
Afghan women taekwondo fighters feel defeated by Taliban
AFP, Published on 23/09/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - Zarghunna Noori has always been a fighter, but the 22-year-old taekwondo champion -- who dreamt of representing Afghanistan at the Olympics -- says she has finally met her match.
Don't boycott men's cricket, former Afghan women's chief pleads
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» ISLAMABAD - International cricketers should support Afghanistan's men's team, not punish them by boycotting matches if the Taliban bars women from playing, the former director of the women's side said.
200 passengers to leave Kabul in first airlift since US pullout
AFP, Published on 09/09/2021
» KABUL - Some 200 passengers, including US citizens, were set to leave Kabul airport on Thursday, on the first flight carrying foreigners out of the capital since a US-led evacuation ended on August 30.