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The United Nations The devastating floods that struck Afghanistan recently are likely to intensify in the coming months, exacerbating the already critical food insecurity in the affected districts, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Tuesday. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that as erratic weather on the back of the worsening climate

Afghanistan has announced former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as their bowling consultant for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. The T20 WC, scheduled to start from June 1, is being hosted jointly by the USA and Caribbean. Afghanistan are placed in Group C with New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and West Indies.  “The

Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced the appointment of  West Indies great Dwayne Bravo as the Bowling Consultant of the national team for the T20 World Cup 2024, which will kick off on June 1 in the USA and the West Indies. Bravo is set to join the team during the preparation camp ahead

Bravo began his international career in 2004, going on to represent the Men in Maroon till 2021. The former right-arm fast bowling all-rounder featured in 40 Tests, 164 ODIs and 91 T20Is. He scored 6423 international runs and picked up 363 wickets. The 40-year-old had a prolific career as a T20 player with the West

AFP | May 21, 2024 08:26 AM IST Share Via Copy Link Taliban poets sing praise of new Afghan order Taliban poets, long fuelled by fervour for jihad against foreign forces, have focused their efforts on flattering the men who now rule Afghanistan. Taliban poets sing praise of new Afghan order Overlooking the deserted Bagram

Taliban poets, long fuelled by fervour for jihad against foreign forces, have focused their efforts on flattering the men who now rule Afghanistan. Overlooking the deserted Bagram airfield, the US military’s former centre of operations in Afghanistan, a government-organised poetry reading attracts Taliban bards who eulogise their power. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is

Taliban poets, long fuelled by fervour for jihad against foreign forces, have focused their efforts on flattering the men who now rule Afghanistan. Overlooking the deserted Bagram airfield, the US military’s former centre of operations in Afghanistan, a government-organised poetry reading attracts Taliban bards who eulogise their power. “It is a pure system, this is

A former NATO commander of US forces in Afghanistan testified to Congress last month that he advised the Biden administration that a full withdrawal of troops from the war-torn nation “would go very bad very fast.” Retired Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in an April 15 transcribed