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NEW DELHI: New Zealand Cricket announced on Tuesday that they will proceed with a Test match against Afghanistan in September, just a month after Australia cancelled a Twenty20 series against the same team. Cricket Australia had postponed the three-match series, which was scheduled to take place in August at a neutral venue, citing the deteriorating

KABUL, 30 April 2024 – A plane carrying 92 tonnes of vital medicines has arrived in Afghanistan to treat about 675,000 people, including children with life-threatening but preventable illnesses after an increase in respiratory infections and measles this year, Save the Children said. The consignment – the largest delivered by Save the Children in a

ISLAMABAD — A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan, opening fire and killing six people as they were praying, a Taliban official said Tuesday. Local media reports and a former president of Afghanistan said the mosque was targeted because it was a place of worship for the country’s Shiite Muslim minority. The attack happened

AP | Apr 30, 2024 01:08 PM IST Share Via Copy Link A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say ISLAMABAD — A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan, opening fire and killing six people as they were praying, a Taliban official said Tuesday. Local media reports

Facebook users in Afghanistan fear the Taliban’s plans to block or restrict access to the popular social-media platform will deal a death blow to what is left of free speech in the country. It is unclear what exactly the “finalized” policy announced last week will entail or how it will be implemented and enforced, but

Government spokesman says unknown armed person shot at worshippers in a mosque in Herat province, killing at least six people. A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman says. Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a

“A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people,” a government spokesman said on April 30. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said that on Monday around 9 p.m. (1630 GMT) “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a mosque” in Herat province’s Guzara district. “Six civilians were martyred and

AP | Apr 30, 2024 11:36 AM IST Share Via Copy Link The Taliban are pariahs on global stage, largely because of their restrictions on women. The economy is struggling, infrastructure is poor, and poverty is rife. Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run

An Afghan police guard near the site of an explosion, in Kabul Image Credit: File photo Kabul: A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday. Get exclusive content with Gulf News WhatsApp channel Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said that on Monday around 9:00 pm