ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan Cricket Board has withdrawn its national team from next month’s Twenty20 tri-series in Pakistan after it claimed three local cricketers died due to Pakistan military strikes in southeastern Paktika province on Friday. The ACB said in a post on social media Saturday that the cricketers were “targeted during a gathering” in Urgun district when they returned home after playing a friendly cricket match in Sharana, the capital of Paktika province.

ACB withdraws Afghanistan from tri-series after players killed in attack by Pakistani regime, sparking outrage in cricket community.

KABUL: Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country’s cricket board…

ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan Cricket Board has withdrawn its national team from next month’s Twenty20 tri-series in Pakistan after it claimed three local cricketers died due to…

Pakistan said the strike targeted militants and denied attacking civilians.

KABUL: Afghanistan has withdrawn its national cricket team from next month’s tri-nation tournament in Pakistan, after three Afghan cricketers were killed in overnight Pakistani…

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday Zimbabwe had accepted its invitation to participate in a Twenty20 tri-nation series after Afghanistan’s decision to…