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Shai Hope leads West Indies to victory over Afghanistan

The West Indian batsman scored a patient unbeaten 48 to stave off the threat of Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan

12 Jun 2017 1:01 PM IST

11-year-old Sedaqat receives a tip from a motorist on the Maipur Pass, along the main highway from Kabul to Pakistan, near Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghan kids direct traffic on mountain pass for USD4 a day

Afghanistan bans children under 14 from working and has ratified international conventions against child labor.

3 Feb 2017 12:52 PM IST

A video clip of the abuse, involving one of the 16-year-old girls, was leaked on various social media platforms, including Facebook. (Representational photo: file)

Afghan man cuts off wife's ears for speaking to other men

The victim, who is undergoing a treatment, is seeking her husband's arrest.

2 Feb 2017 9:46 AM IST

Afghanistan earned Test status in June earlier this year.

Red carpet for Afghans, red signal for Pak

India and Pakistan have not played bilateral cricket since 2012 due to political tensions between the two neighbours.

12 Dec 2017 6:28 AM IST

One of the many boys held as a sex slave at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Bacha bazi: How Afghans struggle to save boy sex slaves

Young boys dressed effeminately have an ornamental value in a society where the genders are tightly corralled.

20 Dec 2016 1:26 AM IST

Former Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar

Hina Rabbani criticises Pakistan's Afghan policy

Khar urged Islamabad to revive their foreign policy of maintaining good relations with neighbours.

12 Dec 2016 1:32 AM IST