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Within minutes of India's 157-run victory against England in the fourth Test at The Oval, former England bowler Chris Tremlett waded into the controversy over the exclusion of off-spinner R Ashwin and said who needs him when Jasprit Bumrah was in the Indian team. ....

Pakistan is not setting up any camp to accommodate a new wave of Afghan refugees on its territory after the Taliban takeover of the war-torn nation, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said. ....

Pakistan's role in the current developments in Afghanistan, where Afghan Taliban have ousted Ashraf Ghani government and also have ensured exit of all foreign troops, has been pivotal from the historical peace agreement in Doha between US and the Afghan Taliban to the current scenario. ....

A number of men and women took to the streets of Kabul chanting slogans against Pakistan as they claim the latters jets conducted airstrikes in Panjshir province. ....

The Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that women in Afghanistan will not be allowed to play any sports, including cricket. The move now puts the one-off men's Test match between Australia and Afghanistan for November in Hobart under doubt. ....

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the well-being of the Afghan people must remain the focus, as they have suffered enormously due to prolonged conflict and instability for decades. ....

The first Test match between the men's teams of Australia and Afghanistan looks set to be called off after Afghanistan's newly-installed Taliban government announced its opposition to women from the Islamic nation playing cricket. ....

A media report citing Taliban officials and technical teams said on Thursday that the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul will be ready for international flight services in the next three days. ....

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday named the 15-member squad for the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE. The announcement was made a day after Bangladesh clinched their maiden T20I series victory against New Zealand with a six-wicket win in the fourth T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Bangladesh recently won the T20I series against Zimbabwe 2-1 and Australia 4-1. ....

The Taliban have closed the bank accounts of some officials from the former Ashraf Ghani government, most of them who fled Afghanistan after the August 15 fall of Kabul, the media reported. ....