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