Afghanistan’s favorite sport is thriving, even under Taliban rule
The fast-paced equestrian game of buzkashi is a welcome distraction in rural Afghanistan, blighted by drought and poverty, ...
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Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate
Simply put, Afghanistan women's cricket remains extremely bleak. But on Thursday, many miles away in Melbourne, hard-bitten expatriates will take the field with pride. "It's going to be very ...
Hindustan Times26d
Afghanistan women's team to enter field after 2021, to face Cricket Without Borders XI
The cricket team members, who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, have been living in Canberra and Melbourne since arriving in Australia. The match will be played ahead of the opening day ...
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Afghanistan women's match a big step on a path unknown
It's like a really big step for me." The ECB, who along with Cricket Australia have declined to field men's teams in bilateral series against Afghanistan, recently wrote to the ICC asking ...
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Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’
The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.
The New York Times29d
They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.
An executive order has halted refugee flights for Afghans who supported the American mission in Afghanistan and had been approved to resettle in the U.S. By David Zucchino and Zia ur-Rehman Zia ur ...
Yahoo! Sports7d
Justin Fields Has One Demand to Return to Steelers
Steelers quarterback Justin Fields reportedly has one demand if he’s going to re-sign with Pittsburgh, and that’s a realistic shot to start. That wasn’t the case last season when Russell ...
Yahoo26d
Taliban ambassador warns Rubio against bounty threat over Americans detained in Afghanistan
A Taliban ambassador on Monday warned the new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against making threats after saying he would place bounties on Afghanistan’s rulers for their continued ...
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"Just bread and tea": WFP says aid cuts to Afghanistan leave millions hungry this winter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an ...
Radio Pakistan1d
Experts say Pakistan and Afghanistan need to enhance cooperation in diverse fields
Brig. (Retd.) Mehmood Shah (Defense Analyst): It is a very important visit of the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs to brotherly country of Afghanistan. Afghan ...
The Diplomat26d
Trump 2.0 and the Taliban’s Afghanistan
Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced approach than the Trump administration may be capable of. As U.S. President ...