Middle-order batter Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the side.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and 15 activists were detained as the separatist group tried to take out a march here to protest the killing of a youth by Army in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Tuesday.
Seven militants have been killed in separate gun battles with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, army officials said on Wednesday.
Qazi Ahadullah is the second political leader to be released in five days.
England will be keen to overcome a lack of ideal preparation due to rain and hit the ground running when they face Scotland in their T20 World Cup opener
Mahmud went to Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to "catch a flight en route to Delhi," an Airport Aviation Security official was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune newspaper.
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The two teams last met in the ODI World Cup in 2023. It was in Mumbai where Glenn Maxwell had played a once-in-a-generation knock to notch up a sensational double hundred while battling cramps all over his body, with Pat Cummins in tow who provided sturdy support from the other end.
Without belittling the poised run of the Proteas, Afghanistan have been the revelation of this ICC showpiece.
Additional Session Judge R K Gauba held Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, Faroz Ahmed Bhat, Atiq-uz-Zama and Raees-uz-Zama, guilty under the stringent anti-terror law Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
Premier leg-spinner Rashid Khan was on Saturday picked in a 19-member Afghanistan squad, to be led by young Ibrahim Zadran, for the three T20 Internationals against India starting on January 11 in Mohali.
Virat Kohli will be expected to hit his straps after a lean run
Two children were killed and three others were critically injured in an explosion on the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday evening.Bismah, 12, and her brother Noor Mohammad, 14, were killed on the spot by an explosive device they had found in the village."The siblings were killed on the spot and three persons, including two children and a woman, were taken to the hospital in a critical condition," the officer said.
"These foot soldiers of forces inimical to India and bent upon sabotaging the peace and tranquillity here, besides posing a serious threat to its unity, sovereignty and integrity, have to be neutralised," the court noted in its 7-page order
The professor of a government college in Srinagar was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday evening for setting a question paper 'with anti-India content'.The lecturer, Noor Mohammad Bhat, who teaches English in Gandhi Memorial College was picked up by the police after the authorities learnt about the contents of the paper which the lecturer had set for first-year students.The college teacher was picked up by the police from his downtown residence on Friday.
Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh are in the running for a place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals.
New Zealand find themselves in the a difficult group with two-time champions West Indies and Afghanistan also vying for the the top two spots.
Islambad has already experienced two suicide attacks, one on January 26 at Marriot Hotel and later on the airport on February six.
Licensed porters could not believe their luck when Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav offered them jobs in his organisation, but now they are finding themselves in a lurch.
Bangladesh eye an improved performance from their batters in their 2nd group match against Afghanistan on Sunday in the Asia Cup 2023.
Their campaigns wobbling after a string of defeats, bottom-rung teams Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans will be desperate to arrest the slide and get back to winning ways in their Indian Premier League match in Mullanpur on Sunday.
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The grenade was aimed at a paramilitary patrol party, but missed the target.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared an opening stand of 118 to drive Afghanistan to a stunning 21-run win over Australia.
With these two convictions, the number of those found guilty in the case has risen to 81.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Chennai on Monday.
A desperate Pakistan will be wary of a competent group of Afghanistan spinners' ability to strike hard on an often-gripping Chepauk pitch when the teams meet in the World Cup match in Chennai on Monday
Hardik Pandya will be aiming to build on the rich legacy of his predecessor Rohit Sharma when he begins his Mumbai Indians captaincy stint in the IPL 2024 match against Gujarat Titans, a team that the star all-rounder himself marshalled over last two seasons, in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
All-rounder Karim Janat on Sunday returned to Afghanistan's ODI squad after a gap of six years and the selectors also included seasoned left-handed batter Najibullah Zadran in the 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup.
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said they have arrested five 'hybrid' terrorists of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit, three of whom were allegedly involved in the killing of a sarpanch in Baramulla district last month.
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