India win unconvincing vs AFG: Aakash Chopra

CNN-IBN's cricket experts review India's World T20 win against Afghanistan on Wednesday night. ...
09:23 AM, Sep 20, 2012

Win over Afghanistan was not great: MSD Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India were far from impressive in the 23-run win over minnows Afghanistan. ...  
11:38 PM, Sep 19, 2012

Yuvraj, Balaji help India edge out Afghanistan Yuvraj and Balaji took three wickets apiece to bowl Afghanistan out for 134 and win the World Twenty20 match for India by 23 runs. ...  
10:55 PM, Sep 19, 2012

India can't take Afghanistan lightly: Aakash Chopra

CNN-IBN cricket expert Aakash Chopra feels that Team India should focus on strengths and eradicate all their weaknesses before they face England and other top contenders. ...
08:11 PM, Sep 19, 2012

World T20, India v Afghanistan: as it happened Yuvraj and Balaji took three wickets apiece to bowl Afghanistan out for 134 and win the World Twenty20 match for India by 23 runs. ...  
06:41 PM, Sep 19, 2012

Dhoni is my inspiration: Shahzad

In an interview to CNN-IBN, Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad that he is inspired by India's MS Dhoni. ...
06:17 PM, Sep 19, 2012

India start campaign against Afghanistan

India will take on Afghanistan at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in their first match of World Twenty20 2012. ...
10:05 AM, Sep 19, 2012

Mangal has high hopes of World T20 Afghanistan take on the might of India in their first group match in Colombo on Wednesday, having qualified for their second successive T20 World Cup. ...  
03:08 PM, Sep 18, 2012

World T20: India's match to lose against Afghanistan India should have an easy game but they can't afford to be complacent as the Afghans have nothing to lose. ...  
12:03 PM, Sep 18, 2012

Kabul: Suicide bomber targets mini-bus, kills 9 Kabul: A suicide bomber rammed a small sedan heavily laden with explosives into a mini-bus believed to be carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport in the Afghan capital early on Tuesday, killing at least nine people. Kabul police chief Gen Mohammad Ayub Salangi said the large explosion took place on an avenue northwest of the city centre near Kabul International Airport. The blast, which went off in front a...  
10:08 AM, Sep 18, 2012

World T20: Balanced India can go all the way With strong batting and qualified bowling, India have the wherewithal to go the distance at the ICC World Twenty20. ...  
08:25 AM, Sep 18, 2012

India will bounce back, says Rohit Sharma After the win over Sri Lanka in the first practice match, loss to the arch-rival has dented India's confidence to an extent. ...  
09:33 PM, Sep 17, 2012

World T20 warm-ups: Narrow wins for Eng, SA In other warm-up matches South Africa, West Indies and Ireland registered wins. ...  
07:00 PM, Sep 17, 2012

Taliban target Prince Harry in Afghanistan
by IANS
London: Taliban militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked a base in Afghanistan, targeting Prince Harry, but the prince was "never in any danger". At least 18 Taliban men and two US Marines were killed in the clash. A massive firefight erupted on Friday night on an airstrip near Camp Bastion where Harry is based, The Sun reported on Saturday. Bastion is Britain's main military base in Helmand province. Sky News...  
01:09 AM, Sep 16, 2012

2 killed at Afghan base where Prince Harry posted Kabul: Two US Marines were killed and other Americans were wounded on Friday during a Taliban attack on a base in southern Afghanistan where Britain's Prince Harry is stationed, US officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. A spokesman for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said Harry was on the base at the time of the attack but was unharmed. "Prince Harry was never in any danger," spokesman Martyn Crighton said,...  
12:46 PM, Sep 15, 2012

Afghanistan win in Caribbean ahead of World T20
by IANS
The win is expected to boost the confidence of the Afghan players ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament. ...  
12:30 PM, Sep 11, 2012

Taliban pose as 'women' on Facebook for spying
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Melbourne: Taliban insurgents are posing as "attractive women" on Facebook to befriend coalition soldiers for gathering sensitive intelligence about operations in Afghanistan, an Australian government report has warned. The dangers of social media have been pointed out in a federal government review of social media and defence, which was finalised in March but has not been acted upon, Defence sources said. The review found an "overt reliance" on privacy settings...  
04:35 PM, Sep 10, 2012

Taliban threaten to kidnap, kill Prince Harry Kabul: The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or assassinate Britain's Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. Queen Elizabeth's grandson is in Afghanistan on a four-month tour, based out of Camp Bastion in volatile Helmand province, where he will be on the front line in the NATO-led war against Taliban insurgents. "We are using...  
03:51 PM, Sep 10, 2012

Kabul: 4 killed in blast near NATO headquarters Kabul: A large explosion rattled the headquarters of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the heavily guarded diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, the force said. Privately owned Tolo TV said four children had been wounded in the incident, but that could not be independently verified. "We are on lockdown while we try get more details on the explosion," an ISAF spokeswoman said, referring to when...  
01:37 PM, Sep 08, 2012

17 Afghan villagers beheaded for attending a party Kandahar: Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the Taliban on Monday of beheading 17 villagers, including two women, in volatile Helmand province, in a gruesome attack recalling the dark days of the hardline group's rule before their 2001 ouster. He ordered a full investigation into the "mass killing", which a local official said was punishment to revellers attending a party with music and mixed-sex dancing. "This attack shows that there are...  
02:40 AM, Aug 28, 2012