Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:42am on 18 Oct 2025,Saturday Sports
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced the withdrawal of the national cricket team from the upcoming tri-nation series in Pakistan featuring Pakistan national cricket team and Sri Lanka national cricket team after three Afghan domestic players—Kabeer Agha Argon, Sibghatullah Zirok and Haroon—were killed in an alleged Pakistani airstrike in the Urgun district of Paktika province. The ACB described the attack as a “cowardly act … carried out by the Pakistani regime” and said five others died and seven were wounded. The move follows heightened military tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan and underscores how sport has become entangled in geopolitics and cross-border violence. (PC: ACB)
