Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first in the first test match against Zimbabwe at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, said Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Tuesday.
Afghanistan first eleven primary players are Abdul Malik, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Afsar Zazai, Munir Ahmad Kakar, Zahir Khan, Yamin Ahmadzai, Amir Hamza and Abdul Wasi.
All matches will be played at...
Farid Hotak, spokesman for Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), spoke to TKG, saying Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will meet on Tuesday for the first match of the two-test series in Abu Dhabi.
The match will begin today around 10:00am local time, with Asghar Afghan leading the Afghan national team.
The test series will be followed by three Twenty20 internationals later this month....
Asadullah Dawlatzai, spokesman for Laghman governor, said two people were killed and another one wounded after a car collided with a tractor.
The traffic accident took place in Kakas area of Qarghai district, Laghman, early morning around 4:30 local time.
According to the spokesman, the car collision was caused by drivers’ negligence.
Drivers’ negligence, high speed and collapsed roads are believed to be the main causes...
Authorities in the Afghan Public Health Ministry (MoPH) said the ministry kicked off the inoculation drive after the vaccine it received from the neighboring India was approved by the World Health Organization.
Afghanistan received 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India for low- and mid-income nations on early February. It began its vaccination campaign last week, with representatives from...
Fraidoon Khwazoon, spokesman for the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, spoke to TKG, saying the U.S. top diplomat met with chairman of the peace council Abdullah Abdullah Monday morning.
The U.S. review of the Doha deal inked between the United States and the Taliban last year, speeding up the peace process, reduction in violence as well as achieving a political settlement through dialogue...
The man was named Zakeria, aged 28.
He had been working at Bamiyan provincial hospital as electrician for 14 years.
Ahmad Zia, the victim’s brother, said speaking to TKG that Zakeria had heart-related disease and on Sunday got inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine.
It wasn’t clear what caused his death, he said.
Zakeria was a resident of Sar Asiab area in Bamiyan’s provincial capital. He was married and...
At least 26 people tested positive for the coronavirus pandemic within the past 24 hours, according to health ministry’s data released Monday.
The country recorded two COVID-19 deaths during the same period.
The new patients died from the illness pushed the total deaths to 2,446, according to ministry’s figures.
Also, 11 patients having been contracted with the COVID-19 disease have recovered over the past 24 hours,...
Senior U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan leaders in his first trip to the Afghan capital since Biden took office.
Fraidoon Khwazoon, spokesman for the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, spoke to TKG, saying the U.S. top diplomat met with chairman of the peace council Abdullah Abdullah Monday morning.
The U.S. review of the Doha deal inked between...
Herat governor Sayed Wahid Qitali said an overnight bomb explosion targeted a police outpost near 13th district of Herat city.
The provincial police said two military personnel were wounded in the explosion.
Other sources, however, said casualties were likely to be more.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Nearly a month ago an explosion targeted a security outpost in Pul-e Malan area of Herat...
At least three people were wounded in a sticky bomb explosion which took place near the first district of Mazar-e Sharif city Sunday around 4:00pm local time, provincial police confirmed.
According to Adel Shah Adel, the provincial police spokesman, the victims were all civilians and were rushed to hospital following the explosion.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
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