Afghanistan

Afghanistan's AM Ghazanfar has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 and IPL 2025 due to an L4 vertebra fracture, with Nangyal Kharoti replacing him in the squad.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing intense scrutiny after the Donald Trump administration launched a sweeping crackdown on what it calls rampant 'waste and mismanagement'.From funding drag shows in Ecuador to providing cash vouchers for illegal migrants, USAID’s use of taxpayer dollars has raised major concerns about its accountability.

In a story that could make a cinematic thriller, Indian woman Iqra Jamal and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter finally returned home on Wednesday after more than three years of confinement in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

The Trump administration has canceled travel plans for 10,000 refugees cleared to resettle in the US, citing an executive order suspending refugee admissions, with exceptions made for Special Immigrant Visa holders.

The Taliban government of Afghanistan has announced the release of two American citizens in exchange for Khan Muhammad, a former Afghan detainee who had been serving a life sentence in California.

Pat Cummins was announced as Australia's captain for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 on Monday, with fellow pacer Josh Hazlewood also making the squad despite ongoing injury concerns surrounding both players.

South Africa, likely to be led by Temba Bavuma, has been clubbed in Group B alongside Afghanistan, Australia, and England in Champions Trophy 2025.

The assassination of Khalil Haqqani exposes fissures within Afghanistan's ruling regime, potentially leading to a Haqqani-Taliban split, which could cripple governance, create security vacuums, and ignite civil war.

The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is set to be one of the most highly watched matches in the tournament.

Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP.