Afghanistan

Sri Lankan batters showed enormous tactical acumen in yet another tricky run-chase as they defeated Afghanistan by four wickets in the opening Super 4 game of the Asia Cup here on Saturday.It was fantastic bowling effort at the death...

A fine performance from the spinners and an impactful cameo from Najibullah Zadran helped Afghanistan record a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup here on Tuesday.Afghanistan’s star spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3/16) and Rashid Khan (3/22) ran...

India has warned of a "significant increase" in the presence of terrorist groups in the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and threats to other countries emanating from the war-torn country. "We need to see concrete progress in ensuring that such proscribed terrorists, entities,...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize for “her efforts to welcome refugees”.“All the members of the jury were touched by her courageous decision in 2015 to welcome more than 1.2 million refugees,...

Pakistani officials have admitted that the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri in Kabul was a serious setback to the Afghan Talibans efforts to seek legitimacy, according to sources. The sources foresaw difficult times ahead for the interim...

The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation’s Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.Bearded...

Ireland’s middle-order batter George Dockrell struck his maiden T20I half-century but the hosts still ended up losing the third game by 22 runs as Afghanistan clawed back after two successive defeats to finally taste success in the five-match series...

A top commander of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Omar Khalid Khorasani and three other top militant leaders have been killed in a mysterious blast in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province, a Pakistani media report said on Monday.A vehicle carrying...

Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security on the whole has improved since then, the United Nations said in a report Wednesday.In its report, the...

A Taliban commander allegedly flew his newlywed bride from Logar to Khost province in eastern Afghanistan,using a military helicopter, according to local sources. The Taliban figure was referred to as a commander of the Haqqani branch on social media, and...