Afghanistan Blog Posts

Jan Weatherhead writes from Washington about the new Alcatraz Guantánamo bay prison. Plenty of people in the nation’s capital wonder what the hell’s going on down in Cuba. Especially after President Barack Obama said [...]...

Ten non test playing nations from Asia will compete in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2013 which is also considered as the world Cup qualifier of ICC U-19 World Cup 2014 that is going to be held in UAE. So UAE have been already qualified for the ICC U-19 Wor...

by Helen Redmond   Alcohol is a game-changer when it comes to rape. If a woman was drinking when she was raped, she will be doubted and told it was her fault. Like Hester Prynne, she’ll be shamed and blamed. Society will force her to wear the...

Attacks in the south and east of Afghanistan killed six Americans and an Afghan doctor this Saturday. That the U.S. military has announced. In the south three U.S. soldiers  lost, two civilians and a doctor killed when a suicide bomber brought a...

Afghanistan is the most significant fault line in the world that has the power to change the regional and global power politics.  Pakistan being the neighbor directly gets affected by each ongoing scenario that takes place in Afghanistan. Pakistan h...

A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday, with tremors felt in Kabul and Islamabad, but officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, reports Business Recorder quoting AFP. The epicentr...

Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by seven wickets and in the second match, Nepal beat United Arab Emirates (UAE) by six wickets.All four sides have already booked their berths in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held later this year in UAE. Earlier,...

Nepal was handed down a seven wicket defeat by Afghanistan in the final match of the ACC T20 Cup held at Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, Wednesday. Afghanistan met the target of 136 runs set by Nepal with 13 balls to spare. Gulbadin Naib scored highest 43...

Nepal find themselves unlucky right on start of the match as Dorje’s second minute free kick got his teammates’ head and was denied by the top post. Minute later of Nepal’s attack, Afghani Captain Abdul Naser Amini replied Nepal with simialr s...

Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by seven wickets and in the second match, Nepal beat United Arab Emirates (UAE) by six wickets.All four sides have already booked their berths in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held later this year in UAE. Earlier,...

Nepal enters the Final of ACC T20 cup for the first time in the history where non test playing Nations from Asia will compete to be top in the latest version of the Cricket T20. Defending Champion Afghanistan enters the Final beating the Hong Kong in...

Nepal enters the Final of ACC T20 cup for the first time in the history where non test playing Nations from Asia will compete to be top in the latest version of the Cricket T20. Defending Champion Afghanistan enters the Final beating the Hong Kong i...

Dear readers and cricket Lovers from all Asia Hong Kong will be facing the Afghanistan in the second semifinal of the ACC Twenty20 Cup 2013. Hong Kong last year’s Runner up team is had entered the semifinal as Winner of Group A while Last year’s...

Dear readers and cricket Lovers from all Asia Hong Kong will be facing the Afghanistan in the second semifinal of the ACC Twenty20 Cup 2013. Hong Kong last year’s Runner up team is had entered the semifinal as Winner of Group A while Last year’s...

The Blue Tigers were hoping to be one of the two best second-placed teams but a number of factors have resulted in the Indians having to sit out the tournament in Maldives.   In a blow that could prove detrimental for Indian football's progress, th...

Nepal will be hosting AFC U-14′s group C qualifiers matches from Chaitra 20th to 24th(April 2 to April 6 2013) in Dashrath Stadium Kathmandu Nepal. Bhutan, Tajikistan, Nepal and Afghanistan will be participating in the qualifiers. The 21 players w...

In 2010, Ben Tomlinson was paralyzed from a gunshot battle in Afghanistan.  Today, Ben lives life in a wheelchair and needs help to do simple tasks we all take for-granted   Now the people from the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and...

The fourth ACC T20 Cricket Tournament, the second to be played in Nepal is set to start this Tuesday 26th March 2013. Two teams that will go through to the ICC WorldTwenty20 Qualifier in November shall be decided through a week and a half of the Cri...