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Kabul pulls out of Twenty20 series after Pakistani strikes
Hindustan Times Delhi
|October 19, 2025
Afghanistan has withdrawn its national team from next month's Twenty20 tri-series in Pakistan after it said three local cricketers were killed in Pakistan military strikes in southeastern Paktika province on Friday in which 10 people were Killed, AP reported.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said on Saturday that the cricketers were “targeted during a gathering” in Urgun district. when they returned home after playing a friendly cricket match in Sharana, the capital of Paktika province. Paktika officials said the players had been visiting a home at the time of the strike.
ACB spokesman Said Nasim Sadat identified the players Killed as Kabeer Agha Argon, Sibghatullah Zirok, and Haroon.
This story is from the October 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Delhi.
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