KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)’s selection committee on Wednesday announced a 15-member squad for a one-day international match against Australia on August 25 in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates.
KABUL (PAN): Fifteen inmates, most of them insurgents, escaped Monday night from the fortified Pul-i-Charkhi prison, east of Kabul, the Taliban claimed on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan advanced to the Plate championship final after thrashing Scotland by a massive 126-run margin in their ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 9th place play-off semifinal at Allan
KABUL (PAN): The aircraft that brought US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey to Afghanistan was damaged in a rocket fire at the Bagram airbase in central Parwan province, but the general was not onboard at the time, the military alliance said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): New Zealand on Monday announced withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan earlier in 2013 than planned, with Prime Minister John Key saying the move was not prompted by the deaths this month of five New Zealand soldiers.
KABUL (PAN): Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan officials on Monday, a day after two men in Afghan police uniforms shot at US troops, killing one and injuring another in southern Kandahar province .
KABUL (PAN): Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader Gulbadin Hikmatyar on Sunday directed his fighters to avoid killing civilian officials, including attorneys, engineers, doctors,
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan defeated Papua New Guinea (PNG) by four wickets in the ninth-place play-off quarterfinals of the Under-19 World Cup in Australia, an official said on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): In a new ‘green-on-blue attack,’ an Afghan local policeman shot dead two American soldiers in western Farah province, the alliance said on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): Although Afghanistan defeated Scotland in their last match in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia, they were ousted from the mega event, an official said on Wednesday.
