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The only entity that could really punish Afghanistan is the ICC itself, and the fact that it has not penalised the nation in any way speaks volumes.
In a significant diplomatic shift, Russia has initiated proceedings to remove the Taliban from its terrorist organisation list, potentially marking a major change in international relations with Afghanistan's current rulers.
In the Champions Trophy, it will be difficult to imagine South Africa boycotting their match against Afghanistan unless Australia and England also agree to not honour their fixture against the Afghans.
Six Afghans -- including three women who are not acknowledged by the Taliban government -- will compete at the Paris Olympics this month in cycling, athletics, swimming and judo.
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Cricket Australia said it had received advice ‘that conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan are getting worse’ and so had postponed the three-match series.
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Celebrations rang through Kabul after Afghanistan beat Pakistan in their Cricket World Cup match on Monday.
The European Union and the World Health Organization have pledged cash, food, and medical aid to the Herat earthquake victims.
Some of the more interesting things that happened on this day.
Some of the more interesting things that happened on this day.
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Significant and interesting snippets of news with a South African angle, from this day in history
Australia on Friday defended their hotly contested decision to pull out of a cricket series against Afghanistan following a Taliban crackdown on women's ‘basic human rights’.
Australia's ODI series against Afghanistan in March has been called off following further restrictions on women's and girls' rights imposed by the Taliban.
The royal recounts his two tours of Afghanistan, first as a forward air controller in 2007/08 and again in 2012, when he was a co-pilot gunner in Apache attack helicopters, and the number of people he had killed.
OPINION: Its economic crisis is deepening, says a UN report. Unfreezing US-held government assets would help, but that is unlikely given Taliban intransigence, writes Karen de Young.
OPINION: The US military interventions have left dangerous precedents of unilateral militarism, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.
A Reporters Without Borders report says that the country has lost 39. 59 per cent of its media outlets and almost 60 percent of its journalists.
The ANC’s Taliban grouping could be a “branding headache” for the ruling party
OPINION: According to one estimate by several aid agencies, more than 120 000 children have been bartered for some sort of financial incentive in the eight months since the Taliban captured Kabul, writes Ishaan Tharoor.