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.
May 22 2013, 5:29 pm
Read MoreAt a time when no Test playing nations, including minnows Bangladesh, are willing to visit Pakistan due to security concerns, the Afghan team has reached Lahore for four-week stay during which they will play 12 matches against Pakistan A and other teams.
January 22 2013, 4:12 pm
Read MoreNew Zealand has announced it will keep a small team of military personnel in Afghanistan to help coalition forces after it formally withdraws from the country in April.
February 18 2013, 1:46 pm
Read MoreAnother anti-polio vaccine team was attacked in Pakistan`s biggest city on Tuesday after some persons opened fire on vaccinators in Baldia town.
April 16 2013, 8:55 pm
Read MoreIndia captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not only popular with the Afghanistan cricket team, the war raveged country's 10-member cycling contingent also admires the swaggering cricketer and follows him on television back home.
March 14 2013, 9:59 pm
Read MoreWith an aim to develop more competitive teams among its full, associate/affiliate members, the ICC has allocated USD 422,000 for the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) from the its Targeted Assistance and Performance Programme (TAPP).
April 17 2013, 9:39 pm
Read MoreAfghan officials say counter-narcotics teams have seized roughly 23 tons of heroin and morphine and other chemicals in a helicopter raid.
March 12 2013, 8:58 pm
Read MoreBurhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated by a turban bomber at his Kabul home in September.
November 22 2011, 11:16 am
Read MoreUS special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic region of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan commandos today, a senior US commander said.
March 30 2013, 6:20 pm
Read MoreA total of 17 civilians, including 12 children, died in a NATO-led air strike in the country`s Kunar province earlier this month, an investigation team established by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has found.
April 14 2013, 1:24 pm
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