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Afghanistan Head Coach Lance Klusener Hails Taliban For Supporting Cricket Ahead of T20 World Cup

Afghanistan Head Coach Lance Klusener Hails Taliban For Supporting Cricket Ahead of T20 World Cup
IST 01 October 2021 •9:53 AM IST
Taliban Sacks Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Hamid Shinwari, Replaces Him With Naseeb Khan

Taliban Sacks Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Hamid Shinwari, Replaces Him With Naseeb Khan
21 September 2021 •5:29 PM IST
Afghanistan Cricket Board Chairman Hints Women Might be Allowed to Play Cricket in Country: Report

Afghanistan Cricket Board Chairman Hints Women Might be Allowed to Play Cricket in Country: Report
11 September 2021 •4:17 PM IST
Rashid Khan And Mohammed Nabi’s IPL Participation in Focus as Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan

Rashid Khan And Mohammed Nabi’s IPL Participation in Focus as Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan
16 August 2021 •9:25 AM IST
Rick McCosker’s son included in Interpol’s criminal list

Rick McCosker’s son included in Interpol’s criminal list
05 April 2014 •4:28 PM IST

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Pakistan Taliban reject offer to play exhibition match to promote peace and stability

Pakistan Taliban reject offer to play exhibition match to promote peace and stability

The militant group were responding to a call made by a Pakistan's minister.

25 February 2014 •8:02 AM IST
Pakistani Taliban to target journalists and media organisations for fabricating its statement on Sachin Tendulkar

Pakistani Taliban to target journalists and media organisations for fabricating its statement on Sachin Tendulkar

The Pakistani Taliban has said it will target journalists and media organisations for "fabricating" the statement of its spokesperson asking news outlets not to pay tribute to cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on his retirement.

04 December 2013 •3:43 PM IST
Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Tehreek-e-Taliban warns Pakistan media to stop praising Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Tehreek-e-Taliban warns Pakistan media to stop praising Tendulkar

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has asked Pakistani media groups to refrain from praising Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. In a video message, Taliban spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, flanked by two AK-47 wielding masked men, talks about Sachin's farewell to international cricket.

28 November 2013 •11:46 AM IST
Afghanistan’s ICC World Cup 2015 qualification to be celebrated in Kabul

Afghanistan’s ICC World Cup 2015 qualification to be celebrated in Kabul

Huge crowds were expected to throng Kabul on Saturday as the war-battered city gives a heroes' welcome to Afghanistan's cricketers after they qualified for the ICC World Cup 2015.

12 October 2013 •8:55 AM IST
Afghanistan cricket captain Mohammad Nabi’s father taken hostage

Afghanistan cricket captain Mohammad Nabi’s father taken hostage

Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials said on Wednesday.

22 May 2013 •5:28 PM IST
Imran Khan faces death threat from Taliban

Imran Khan faces death threat from Taliban

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Pakistan cricket star turned politician Imran Khan has received death threat from the Taliban if the former cricketer holds a planned march to the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border to protest the U.S. Drone attacks.

09 August 2012 •12:11 PM IST
Nawroz Mangal: An inspiration for Afghan cricket

Nawroz Mangal: An inspiration for Afghan cricket

He is the rugged face of Afghan cricket with a story fit for the big screen, and he embodies not only his nation's turbulent past, but its hopes for a brighter future.

15 February 2012 •1:24 PM IST
The fascinating history of cricket in troubled Afghanistan

The fascinating history of cricket in troubled Afghanistan

Cricket was played in Afghanistan in the 1800s, the earliest-recorded match being against British troops in Kabul in 1839 during the Anglo-Afghan wars, but it didn't take off. 

12 February 2012 •10:41 AM IST
Afghanistan cricket has achieved what no other sports had: Taliban

Afghanistan cricket has achieved what no other sports had: Taliban

Afghanistan's first-ever one-day international against Pakistan achieved what no other sport had managed -- support from the once cricket-hating Taliban, according to an official.

11 February 2012 •12:58 PM IST
Cricket defies all odds in Afghanistan

Cricket defies all odds in Afghanistan

Thousands of Afghans took a break from the war Friday, glued to their television sets to watch their cricketers take on neighbouring Pakistan in a historic One-Day International.

11 February 2012 •11:12 AM IST

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