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Afghan cricket team faces backlash over perceived support for Taliban
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenior team members say "politics" shouldn't interfere with sports, but Afghan women who've lost...
Orphaned Afghan Cricket Team Aims to Regain Footing at World Cup
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 8 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider's guide to the...
Quakes kill over 2,000 in Afghanistan
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 months agoISLAMABAD — Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It’s one of the...
Taliban say 2 died in Friday explosion at Kabul cricket game
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Taliban on Saturday raised the casualty toll from a hand grenade explosion during a cricket game...
Kabul hospital says explosion at cricket game wounded 13
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA grenade exploded on Friday during a cricket game in Kabul, wounding 13 spectators at the stadium,...
Two killed in Kabul cricket stadium grenade attack, police say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKABUL (Reuters) -Two people were killed in the grenade explosion that shook Kabul's main cricket stadium during a domestic league match on Friday, police said on Saturday, updating their previous ...
U.N. women press Taliban on rights, but visit marred by "a mistake"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo senior, Muslim women from the global body visited Afghanistan to push the hardline group to...
Afghans mark cricket win quietly at home, with music abroad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfghans on Monday celebrated their national cricket team's landmark victory over Pakistan, although fan festivities were more muted back home because of the ruling Taliban restrictions on music ...