Father of Afghan cricket captain taken hostage

, Text Size Nawroz Mangal plays a shot during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup match against England in Colombo on September 21, 2012 [ AFP/File] Afghan captain Nawroz Mangal plays a shot during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup match against England in Colombo ...

Due to cultural and religious taboos surrounding drug use, female addicts are a hidden population in Afghanistan. Credit: Najibullah Musafer/Killid Located on a narrow street in a quiet neighbourhood in Kabul, the Sanga Amaj Women's Treatment ...

India must strengthen Afghanistan militarily During the course of his three-day visit to India that ended on Thursday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai handed New Delhi a veritable wish-list of military equipment. India must consider it favourably. The ...

Nawaz Sharief's election for an unprecedented third time as Pakistan's prime minister has been welcomed by the Afghan government. Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulating Sharief called upon the new Pakistani government to enhance cooperation in ...

A diplomatic party hosted by the Queen will take place in Colombo in November. Australia won't miss it ? not for all the Amnesty International, United Nations and domestic pleas in the world. The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is shaping ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- Eight Taliban militants were killed and two others made captive as fighting flared up late Sunday in Kohsan district of Afghanistan's Herat province, 640 km west of Kabul, provincial police chief Rahmatullah Safi said Monday.

(LBO) - Sri Lanka and Afghanistan has agreed on measures to strengthen economic ties following a visit by foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul to Colombo which was the first such bi-lateral visit. The visiting Afghan foreign minister had met President ...

Srinagar, April 26: Afghans have come to Jammu and Kashmir as predicted but slung across their powerful shoulders are not guns but cricket kitbags. The Afghanistan Youth Cricket Association Club has come to play in the state, making it the first ...

Diplomacy should send a clear signal to Sri Lanka that it is on the wrong track. This year's CHOGM in Colombo should be cancelled, writes Jake Lynch. Foreign Minister Bob Carr will head to London shortly for the Commonwealth Ministerial Action ...