Pakistan&s former captain and batting coach Younis Khan and right-arm fast bowler Umar Gul have been named as the batting and bowling consultants respectively of Afghanistan&s cricket team for the upcoming tour of the United Arab Emirates.

Younis Khan finished his international career having a test average of over 50 (52.05), scoring...

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The window of opportunity to negotiate for the rights of Afghan women is rapidly closing, Amnesty International warned on Friday.

Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International&s South Asia director, said that women and girls in Afghanistan have almost disappeared from the public life since the Islamic Emirate seized power seven months ago.

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Former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Friday (April 1, 2022), Pakistani media outlets reported.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a press release said that the two discussed issues related...

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At least five people were killed in two explosions in Afghanistan&s western province of Herat on Friday evening, security sources said.

The blasts happened around 6:00pm in District 12 of the provincial capital Herat.

Twenty two others were wounded in the explosions which took place in a playground where youths were playing.

The cause of the...

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Afghanistan has faced a dire humanitarian situation over past few months, which urges the international community to take immediate actions to support the humanitarian response in the region, said an official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Last August, the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from...

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Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world&s 7.9 billion people, Reuters reported.

Researchers in 2003 unveiled what was then billed as the...

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