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Taliban Says Women In Afghanistan Won't Be Allowed To Play Sport, Including Cricket
The Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that women in Afghanistan will not be allowed to play any sports, including cricket. The move now puts the one-off men's Test match between Australia and Afghanistan for November in Hobart under doubt. ....
Well-being Of Afghans Must Remain The Focus: Pakistani FM
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the well-being of the Afghan people must remain the focus, as they have suffered enormously due to prolonged conflict and instability for decades. ....
Australia Set To Cancel Afghanistan Test Over Taliban Ban On Women's Cricket
The first Test match between the men's teams of Australia and Afghanistan looks set to be called off after Afghanistan's newly-installed Taliban government announced its opposition to women from the Islamic nation playing cricket. ....
Kabul Airport To Be Ready For International Flights In 3 Days: Report
A media report citing Taliban officials and technical teams said on Thursday that the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul will be ready for international flight services in the next three days. ....
T20 World Cup: No Major Surprises As Mahmudullah To Lead 15-member Bangladesh Squad
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday named the 15-member squad for the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE. The announcement was made a day after Bangladesh clinched their maiden T20I series victory against New Zealand with a six-wicket win in the fourth T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Bangladesh recently won the T20I series against Zimbabwe 2-1 and Australia 4-1. ....
Taliban Closes Bank Accounts Of Ex-Afghan Govt Officials
The Taliban have closed the bank accounts of some officials from the former Ashraf Ghani government, most of them who fled Afghanistan after the August 15 fall of Kabul, the media reported. ....
Bhoot Police Director Calls Saif-Arjun 'formidable Pair'
"Bhoot Police" director Pavan Kirpalani has heaped praises on the actors of his film Saif Ali Khan and Arjun Kapoor. He says that the two were a perfect cast to portray Vibhooti and Chiraunji and that it's almost like a dream come true to get these brilliant actors to play the characters. ....
Afghan Girls Can Attend Schools But In Gender-separated Classes: Taliban
Afghan female students can attend higher education institutions and universities but in gender-separated classes, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, acting minister of higher education of the new Taliban government, said. ....
T-Series, Reliance Entertainment Join Hands To Produce Films; Investment Pegged At Rs 1,000 Crore
In one of the Indian film industry's biggest collaborations, T-Series and Reliance Entertainment have joined hands to produce more than 10 films together across varied genres, including big-budget tentpoles as well as mid- and small-budget content-rich films. ....
Haqqani Empire Mocks US By Launching New Afghan Taliban Govt On 9/11
The Associated Press is reporting that the Taliban raised its white flag over the Afghani presidential palace Saturday--a day when the US and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the twin-towers in New York. ....
