In an exclusive conversation with India Today, the European Union’s envoy to Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson said he “hopes” that India and Pakistan resolve the issue of sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Pakistan has sent a list of conditions to India for allowing a transit facility to send 50,000 tonnes of…
The International Cricket Council has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under its Taliban government, the world governing body said on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s remarkable rise in cricket in recent years has been the sport’s biggest fairytale story but the strife-torn…
Teams in the T20 World Cup have to be wary of the threat Afghanistan pose, said former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram. Akram said that while Afghanistan may not qualify beyond the Super 10 stage, they could pose problems for teams fighting for a spot in the knockouts. “Teams have to be wary of Afghanistan, I am…
When the last U.S. military cargo jet flew out of Afghanistan in August, marking the end of the United States’ longest war, it also signaled a largely overlooked accomplishment. For the first time in the nation’s history, a major conflict was ending without the U.S. military leaving any troops behind: no one…
Australia’s players support the country’s board over its threat to call off a test with Afghanistan if the Taliban regime ban women from playing cricket, white ball captain Aaron Finch said on Wednesday. Governing body Cricket Australia said it would cancel the Nov. 27 test in Hobart if reports women in the South…
Afghanistan will start issuing passports to its citizens again on Tuesday, a senior official said, following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control in August. The process, which had slowed even before the Islamist militants’ return to power…
Kabul: The Taliban brutally executed a child in Takhar province of Afghanistan after his father is suspected to be a part of the Afghan Resistance Forces. The brutality has been reported by Panjshir Observer which is an independent media covering Panjshir and Afghanistan situation. “Child executed in Takhar…
United Nations, United States: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he believed the world was united on pressing the Taliban after speaking with Pakistan, China and Russia, key players with Afghanistan’s new rulers. Blinken met Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with his…
Hundreds of Afghans, mostly women, took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday in an anti-Pakistan rally in which they chanted slogans against Islamabad and ISI. As the protests intensified, the Taliban opened fire on the rally. According to news agency AFP, the Taliban fired shots in the air to disperse the anti-Pakistan…
The US-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So it was little comfort when an Uzbek guard unsympathetically quipped the other day: “You can’t stay here forever.” The offhand warning added to an already grinding sense…