The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Irish cricket stars Lorcan Tucker and captain Andrew Balbirnie's fathers have been watching on as the side make their mark in a rain-affected T20 World Cup

An attack on a vehicle in western Afghanistan killed five medical personnel employed by Taliban security forces on Thursday, a defence ministry spokesperson said.

New Zealand have suffered a blow with their Twenty20 World Cup game against Afghanistan at the MCG abandoned without a ball being bowled.

The tournament is taking place in Australia

Ian Fleming, who served tours in Iran and Afghanistan, was described as an ‘exemplary’ officer

Since the Taliban takeover last year, Afghan women have been demonstrating for their right to education and employment. When women in Iran took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, their Afghan sisters immediately began monitoring the protests across the border. As mourners in Iran…

It has become axiomatic that in Afghanistan, once an armed resistance group gains a foothold in an area it becomes hard to route out. This is more so if it musters a degree of local support and is in a geographically remote region. During the past year, an anti-Taliban force…

Bowler says England ‘are hunting as a pack’ after taking several high-quality catches against Afghanistan in their T20 World Cup opener

Wood took two for 23 and touched a breakneck 96mph at one point against Afghanistan