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ACB reaches out to PCB for ODI series after Australia setback

15th January, 2023 · admin

Geo: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Sunday approached the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a series other than the decided ICC Super League games between the two countries after Australia decided to call off its series with the Afghan team. A reliable source in the PCBhas confirmed that it has received a request from the

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghanistan Cricket Board, Cricket |
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Afghan players call for politics to be kept out of sport

13th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Afghan cricketers reacted strongly to Australia’s decision to scrap the three-match ODI series scheduled for March in the UAE on Thursday, with a number of players threatening to boycott the Big Bash League (BBL). Australia said in a statement early Thursday they were calling off the series, citing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s decision

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket, Life under Taliban rule, Rashid Khan, Taliban war on women |
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Australia Dumps Afghan Cricket Series Over Taliban Crackdown On Women

12th January, 2023 · admin

AFP: Australia pulled out of an upcoming one-day series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates on January 12, citing Taliban moves to further restrict women’s rights. The men’s team were due to face their Afghan counterparts in three games in March following a tour to India. However, Cricket Australia said that, after talks with

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket |
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Court on Afghanistan told: Ex-Aussie commander said ‘I just want to kill’

26th February, 2022 · admin

Press TV February 26, 2022 A former Australian army commander accused of war crimes while serving in Afghanistan as part of a US-led occupation force told another soldier “I just want to kill [expletive],” a witness has said during a court hearing. Testifying in a federal court case in which the ex-commander, Ben Roberts-Smith, is

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Posted in Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights | Tags: War Crime |
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‘Realign perceptions’: the women behind the football at Australia’s Afghan National Cup

24th December, 2021 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Football is obviously the bread and butter of this annual five-day, round-robin tournament but the game itself is also a vessel to community, a bringing together of the diaspora, including some who have recently escaped Afghanistan. It is an excuse for families to travel interstate and renew cultural roots – and make

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants |
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Taliban gunmen steal tonnes of Australian food sent to the poorest Afghanistan families who face starving to death in famines as the country’s economy collapses

7th December, 2021 · admin

The Daily Mail (UK): Taliban militants pulled guns on United Nations aid workers and took off with 3.7 tonnes of Australian flour meant to be delivered to some of Afghanistan’s poorest families as the war-torn country faces a catastrophic famine. The Australian Government donated the vital baking staple through the World Food Program as part

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Posted in Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Taliban looters |
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Cpharm: The Hashish Process Is Not True in Afghanistan

25th November, 2021 · admin

8am: The Australian company Cpharm has denied the Taliban’s claim that it has set up a hashish processing plant in Afghanistan. The $450 million investment in the hashish process and the agreement with the Taliban is unrealistic, tweeted Cpharm today Thursday, November 25. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Hashish |
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Chinese officials reportedly in Afghanistan to explore lithium projects

24th November, 2021 · admin

Ariana: Officials representing several Chinese companies are in Afghanistan to conduct on-site inspections of potential lithium projects, Reuters reported. Afghanistan is rich in resources ranging from copper, lead, zinc, gold, oil and gas, bauxite, coal, iron ore and rare earths. It also has large reserves of lithium, a key component used for the batteries of

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Posted in Australia-Afghanistan Relations, China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News | Tags: Hashish, Lithium, Natural Resources, rare minerals |
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Cricket Australia Postpones First-Ever Match With Afghanistan Amid Taliban Uncertainty

5th November, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 5, 2021 Cricket Australia (CA) says it is postponing the hosting of a first-ever match against Afghanistan until “the situation is clearer” in the South Asian country following the Taliban takeover. CA confirmed on November 5 that the test match will not take place on November 27 as scheduled in

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket |
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Afghan Female Tae Kwon Do Athletes Settle In Australia After Escape

22nd September, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2021 Seven female tae kwon do athletes are resettling in Australia after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan last month. Australian Taekwondo said on September 22 that the seven women are completing quarantine this week following what it described as a high-risk evacuation via Pakistan after the Taliban seized power in mid-August.

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Haqqani Network, Taliban | Tags: Afghanistan Cricket Board, Anas Haqqani, Cricket, Escape from the Taliban, Taekwondo |
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