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Why is America Failing in Afghanistan?

- DR. Abdul-Qayum Mohmand

Analysis of “CIA World Factbook” (1981-2012): Dimensions of anti-Pashtun Conspirac

Afghan Fury at Planned Pakistan Pact
What Happens When the U.S. Leaves Afghanistan?
Trying to leave Afghanistan proves to be as troublesome as being there: A Closer Look
Afghanistan: “It’s Just Damage Limitation Now”
Zero Dark Thirty Review-Analysis; Eleven Instances of Disinformation
Why is America Failing in Afghanistan?
 
 
 
US forces in Afghanistan nearly destroyed vital airfield
We Are Those Two Afghan Children, Killed by NATO While Tending Their Cattle
Former Islamist Warlord Vies for Afghan Presidency
Pakistan releases top Afghan Taliban prisoner in effort to boost peace process
Losing the War in Afghanistan
Obama’s troop increase for Afghan war was misdirected
Afghan security vacuum feared along "gateway to Kabul"
Objections to U.S. Troops Intensify in Afghanistan
The Great Afghan corruption scam
War zone killing: Vets feel 'alone' in their guilt
Was Osama for Real? And Was He Killed in 2001?
Afghanistan withdrawal: The risks of retreat
The Real Reason the US Invaded Afghanistan
The Definition of a Quagmire
Huge Uncertainty' in Afghanistan
Controversial ID Cards Expose Ethnic Divisions In Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The Final Curtain Call for NATO?
Afghanistan After 9/11: A Mission Unaccomplished
Why Should Taliban and Other Insurgents Refrain from Negotiation With the US & NATO? By: Dr Mohammed Daud Miraki, MA, MA, Ph

Exclusive: Karzai family looks to extend boss rule in Afghanistan.

Intrigue in Karzai Family as an Afghan Era Closes
For Afghans, Two Outrages, Two Different Reactions
Double blow to west’s Afghan strategy
Does the Taliban need a diplomatic voice?
Afghanistan: Lessons in War and Peace-building for US
Afghan women opposed by former allies
Q+A - Haqqani: From White House guest to staunch U.S. enemy
Haqqanis: Growth of a militant network -BBC
Afghanistan shelves plans for ambassador accused of fraud
Afghan nominated as ambassador to Britain was accused in US of fraud
U.S. deal with Taliban breaks down
The Loneliness of the Afghan President: Karzai on His Own

NATO's Third Alternative in Afghanistan

On the Road: Interview with Commander Abdul Haq:- The Tragedy of Abdul Haq
When the Lion Roared: How Abdul Haq Almost Saved Afghanistan
AFGHAN WARRIOR: THE LIFE & DEATH OF ABDUL HAQ
Pakistan’s ISI: Undermining Afghan self-determination since 1948
Mineral Wealth of Afghanistan, Military Occupation, Corruption and the Rights of the Afghan People
M. Siddieq Noorzoy
Why Isn’t the UN Investigating and Prosecuting the U.S. and NATO for War Crimes Committed in Afghanistan?
Corruption and Warlordism:
Abdul Basir Stanikzai
In Afghanistan, U.S. contracts aren’t crystal balls, but they come close
The great Afghan carve-up
Anatomy of an Afghan war tragedy
Terry Jones Actually Burns a Qur’an and No One Notices
Q+A-Are Afghan forces ready to take over security?
Guantánamo Bay files rewrite the story of Osama bin Laden's Tora Bora escape
Winning Afghan hearts, minds with explosives
Afghanistan’s Mercenaries
KABUL’S HORIZONS
Who is winning Afghanistan war? U.S. officials increasingly disagree
Afghanistan: The Trouble With The Transition
From the Archives: In Quest of a ‘Greater Tajikistan’
The 1980s mujahideen, the Taliban and the shifting idea of jihad
Afghanistan's Karzai complains about interference
Karzai, US ambassador at odds over private security

Karzai Tells Washington Post U.S. Should Reduce Afghan Operation Intensity

Excerpts from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's interview with The Washington Post
What the Afghans Want
New US approach to Afghanistan insurgency: Vindication for Pakistan?
Putting Some Fight Into Our Friends
Afghans 'abused at secret prison
Why We Won’t Leave Afghanistan or Iraq
Indo-Pakistan proxy war heats up in Afghanistan
Canada’s elite commandos and the invasion of Afghanistan
U.S. retreat from Afghan valley marks recognition of blunder
Five myths about the war in Afghanistan
Marine who resigned over ‘conscience’ speaks at MU
The Afghan media may have grown since Taliban rule ended, but not so press freedoms
Mystery holes and angry ants: another Afghan day
Kabul Bank's Sherkhan Farnood feeds crony capitalism in Afghanistan
Marjah War
Operation Moshtarak: Which way the war in Afghanistan?
Q&A: Why Marjah, why now?
In Jalalabad, hope is fading
Seeking reconciliation, US units meet remote Afghanistan tribes
Once Again, Get the Hell Out! "Ending the War in Afghanistan"
Blackwater Kept a Prostitute on the Payroll in Afghanistan; Fraudulently Billed American Tax Payers
Wild West Motif Lightens US Mood at Afghan Bas
In southern Afghanistan, even the small gains get noticed
 Afghanistan war: US tries to undercut Taliban at tribal level
 Soviet lessons from Afghanistan
Are actions of 'super-tribe' an Afghan tipping point
Taliban: Terrorist or not? Not always easy to say
Q&A: Who else could help in Afghanistan?
Vietnam Replay on Afghan 'Defectors'
Washington's Refusal to Talk about Drone Strikes in Pakistan Meets Growing Opposition
Afghanistan summit: Why is the US backing talks with the Taliban?
Taliban's leadership council runs Afghan war from Pakistan
Why buy the Taliban?
2 Afghanistan conferences: No solutions
An Alternative to Endless War - Negotiating an Afghan Agreement?
Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns?
Afghanistan asks ex-presidential contender to tackle corruption

Tehran Sets Conditions For Attending London Conference On Afghanista

Pakistan says reaches out to Afghan Taliban
Taking It to the Taliban
The Afghan Taliban's top leaders
How significant is Mullah Baradar's arrest?
Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban’s Top Commander
What's the Quetta Shura Taliban and why does it matter?
What's behind latest Taliban attack on Kabul? See Images of the Attack By WSJ

Pakistan Version of Islam and Taliban ?????
Lahore fashion week takes on Talibanization in Pakistan

Loyalties of Those Killed in Afghan Raid Remain Unclear

After Attack, Afghans Question Motives or See Conspiracies
Gates: Taliban part of Afghan ‘political fabric’

IG: Afghan power-plant project ill-conceived, mismanaged

Taliban intensifies Afghan PR campaign

Taliban Overhaul Their Image in Bid to Win Allies
Karzai plans to woo Taliban with 'land, work and pensions'
Peace scheme mooted for Taliban
Bombs and baksheesh
But By All Means, Continue the Happy Talk on the Afghanistan War
Karzai Closing in on Taliban Reconciliation Plan
Last Exit Kabul
How To Get Out Without Forsaking Afghanistan's Stability
Afghan Recovery Report: Taleban Buying Guns From Former Warlords

'Jesus Guns': Two More Countries Rethink Using Weapons with Secret Bible References

Gun bible quotes 'inappropriate'
Text of Joint declaration of Afghanistan-Iran-Pakistan trilateral meeting
Garmsir Protest Shows Taleban Reach
Rugged North Waziristan harbors US enemies
The Arrogance of Empire, Detailed ( The Untold Story of Afghanistan )
Appointment of Afghan counter narcotics chief dismays British officials
In Afghanistan attack, CIA fell victim to series of miscalculations about informant
Rebuilding Afghanistan: Will government take hold in this post-Taliban town?
Rare bird discovered in Afghan mountains
Blackwater, now called Xe, in running for work in Afghanistan despite legal woes
How Soviet troops stormed Kabul palace
Afghan children 'die in fighting'
Afghanistan war: Russian vets look back on their experience
U.N. Officials Say American Offered Plan to Replace Karzai 
Learning From the Soviets
U.S. faults Afghan corruption body's independence
Intensify fight against corruption, says Afghan meeting
Afghan ministers cleared of charges
Drone aircraft in a stepped-up war in Afghanistan and Pakistan
U.S. Air Force Confirms 'Beast of Kandahar' Secret Stealth Drone Plane
Kissinger's fantasy is Obama's realit
Taliban shadow officials offer concrete alternative
Talking with the Taliban
20. Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart
'Yes, there was torture and people were certainly beaten': Afghan warden
Why we should leave Afghanistan
US pours millions into anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan
Pakistan to US: Don't surge in Afghanistan, talk to Taliban
A Plan C for Afghanistan
Finding decent cabinet is Karzai's big challenge
A way to get around Karzai in Afghanistan
Corruption fight boosted by 'Afghan FBI'
US demands Afghan 'bribery court'
Afghanistan plans court for corrupt ministers
The man leading Afghanistan's anti-corruption fight
Win hearts and minds in Afghanistan to win the war
Gates blocks abuse photos release
New U.S. Afghan prison unveiled, rights groups wary
War in Afghanistan: Not in our name
How the US Funds the Taliban
Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
Cabinet of Warlords
Afghanistan and the lessons of history
Clinton says Karzai ‘must do better’
Recognizing the Limits of American Power in Afghanistan
After Afghanistan election, governors seek distance from 'illegal' Karzai
Karzai was hellbent on victory. Afghans will pay the price
Matthew Hoh: Please refute what I'm saying, we are stuck in the Afghan civil war
As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in
America's Top Diplomat Tells 'Nightline': 'Not Every Taliban Is al Qaeda'
Obama Can’t Make Russian Mistake in Afghanistan
10 Steps to Victory in Afghanistan
Will Obama change Afghan strategy?
Does the U.S. still have a vital interest in Afghanistan?
Pashtuns and Pakistani
The Afghan '80s are back
Pashtun peace prophet goes global
Afghan Road Builder's Dream Thwarted by Violence
A white elephant in Kabul
The Afghan Runoff: Will It Be a No-Show Election?

Ashraf Ghani- Afghanistan's Disputed Election Complicates U.S. Strategy

On Assignment: Into the Maw at Marja

Patrick Witty & Tyler Hicks
The New York Times


Afghanistan Cross Road CNN


The last frontier


Bruce Richardson
 

Articles

CIA: Buying peace in Afghanistan?

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan
CIA Ghost Money: Karzai Confirms U.S. Gives Funds To Afghan National Security Team
What the CIA’s cash has bought for Afghanistan

Khalilzad: A Satan Whispering in the Hearts of Men
The Afghan trust deficitt
Will We Learn Anything from Afghanistan? Part 1
Getting Out of Afghanistan: Part 2
William R. Polk
General’s Defense on Afghan Scandal Ducks Key Evidence
Afghans want Taliban peace talks
Bombing Weddings in Afghanistan: It Couldn't Happen Here, It Does Happen There
Hekmatyar's never-ending Afghan war
Covert American Aid to the Afghan Resistance; A Top-Secret U.S. Foreign Policy Plot to Induce and Effect Soviet Military Intervention
Afghan brain drain fears as Karzai urges education reforms

US considers launching joint US-Afghan raids in Pakistan to hunt down militant groups

Real security in Afghanistan depends on people's basic needs being met
Intractable Afghan Graft Hampering U.S. Strategy
Former Taliban Officials Say U.S. Talks Started
Taliban ready for talks with US, not Karzai government
Emboldened Taliban Try to Sell Softer Image
Leaked NATO Report Shows Pakistan Support For Taliban
Insight: Few options for Afghan, U.S. leaders after Kandahar massacre
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Daoud Sultanzoy, Tolo Television
NATO’s measured exit plan in Afghanistan faces new obstacles
BFP Exclusive: Karzai Clan Attorney Threatens US Journalist, Uses Intimidation Tactics
Afghanistan Chronicles
Arduous path to Afghan 'end-game'
Fear in the classrooms: is the Taliban poisoning Afghanistan's schoolgirls?
A comment on the recent events of student poisoning in Afghanistan
Rape Case, in Public, Cites Abuse by Armed Groups in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Peace Talks Hit Brick Wall
THE ANATOMY OF US’S DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN
VOICES OF EMPIRE: FROM CIA’s CULTURAL GREAT GAME TO GLOBAL GREAT GAME TODAY
WHITE PAPER FOR THE PERMANENT PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN
King Karzai
A Federal System of Government is Not Suitable for Afghanistan
CHINA AMO DARYA OIL DEAL
Analysis: Where Afghan humanitarianism ends and development begins
U.S. Envoy: Kabulbank Was 'Vast Looting Scheme'
Speaking with the enemy: how US commanders fight the Taliban during the day and dine with them at night
Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Musery
How to Win Peace in Afghanistan
For Karzai, Stumbles On Road To Election
Cruel human toll of fight to win Afghan peace
Criticism of Afghan War Is on the Rise in Britain
Troops 'fighting for UK's future'
Operation in Taliban hotbed a test for revamped U.S. strategy
Covering Crucial Afghanistan Operation
Afghans still skeptical about Obama
US Defence Department struggling with public release of report on bombing in Afghanistan
Afghanistan on the Edge
Q+A: Who are the Pakistani Taliban insurgents?
Afghanistan Past & Present
Bombs for Pashtoons and Dollars for Punjab
Help! I'm being outgunned on K Street!
ANGELS CHASING DEMONS: “Jesus Killed Mohammad”!
U.S. tested 2 Afghan scenarios in war game
America's Top Diplomat Tells 'Nightline': 'Not Every Taliban Is al Qaeda'
Obama hearing range of views on Afghanistan
What Do Afghans Want? Withdrawal - But Not Too Fast - and A Negotiated Peace
Will Obama change Afghan strategy?
What Do Afghans Want? Withdrawal - But Not Too Fast - and A Negotiated Peace
Afghans tricked into U.S. trip, detained
In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle
Obama pulled two ways in Afghanistan
Obama Can’t Make Russian Mistake in Afghanistan
10 Steps to Victory in Afghanistan
Gates: Mistake to set time line for Afghan withdrawal
Afghans question what democracy has done for them
High stakes in Afghan vote recount
Two Perspectives On Resolving The Afghan Postelection Crisis
Does the U.S. still have a vital interest in Afghanistan?
Pashtuns and Pakistanis
The Afghan '80s are back
How to Lose in Afghanistan
US in Afghanistan proposes revamped strategy
US 'needs fresh Afghan strategy'
US looks to Vietnam for Afghan tips
Lessons from Vietnam on Afghanistan
Afghan Pres. Skips Country's 1st TV Debate
A proud moment for Afghanistan
Rival to Karzai Gains Strength in Afghan Presidential Election
Afghan presidential candidate withdraws in Karzai's favor
America and international law
Hamid Karzai pulls out of historic TV debate just hours before broadcast
Karzai says no to first Afghanpresidential debate
Afghan election: Can Karzai's rivals close the gap?
Karzai opponents hope to beat him in second round
Afghanistan's Election Challenges
For Karzai, Stumbles On Road To Election
Pentagon Seeks to Overhaul Prisons in Afghanistan
Cruel human toll of fight to win Afghan peace
Karzai’s gimmick
Well-known traffickers set free ahead of election
US president sets Afghan target
U.S. Inaction Seen After Taliban P.O.W.’s Died
Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghanistan Warlord
Earn our trust or go, Afghans tell GIs
The Irresistible Illusion
Running Out Of Options, Afghans Pay For an Exit
We've lost sight of our goal in Afghanistan
$2,000 for a dead Afghan Child, $100,000 for Any American Who Died Killing it
The strategy is sound – but success is not assured
Operation in Taliban hotbed a test for revamped U.S. strategy
Covering Crucial Afghanistan Operation
Pentagon Seeks to Overhaul Prisons in Afghanistan
Echoes of Vietnam
A Response To General Dostum
Obama orders probe of killings in Afghanistan
Obama admin: No grounds to probe Afghan war crimes
US president sets Afghan target
U.S. Inaction Seen After Taliban P.O.W.’s Died
Afghanistan's Election Challenges
The Irresistible Illusion
Earn our trust or go, Afghans tell GIs
Running Out Of Options, Afghans Pay For an Exit

We've lost sight of our goal in Afghanistan

The strategy is sound – but success is not assured
Stakes High in Afghanistan Ahead of August Elections
$2,000 for a dead Afghan Child, $100,000 for Any American Who Died Killing it
Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse
Petraeus Is a Failure -- Why Do We Pretend He's Been a Success?
Fierce Battles and High Casualties on the Frontlines of Afghanistan
End the Illegal, Immoral and Wasted War in Afghanistan, says BNP Defence Spokesman
Outside View: Four revolutions
Pakistan's Plans for New Fight Stir Concern
France: liberty, equality, and fraternity – but no burqas
 

 

 

 

 

Echoes of Vietnam

Even the Coalition commanders in Afghanistan wonder if they can win the war
Will history repeat itself in Afghanistan?

British military intervention in Afghanistan has a chequered history, making it easy to conclude that British forces will fail again


 


Pride Of Afghans

The Afghanistan national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Afghanistan in international cricket matches. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid 19th century, but it is only in recent years that the national team has become successful. The Afghanistan Cricket Board was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in 2003. They are ranked 9th in International Twenty20 cricket as of 7 January 2017 ahead of full members Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.[3] In the same year they won their first Intercontinental Cup, beating Scotland in the final. Afghanistan also won the Asia Vs Caribbean T20 Championship and beat T&T, Bangladesh and Barbados.

Afghanistan's end-overs smash, Ireland's Powerplay wallop

SHIVA JAYARAMAN
ESPN Sports
Stats highlights from the third T20I between Afghanistan and Ireland in Noida, where a number of T20I records were broken

0 Totals by Associate teams in T20Is bigger than Afghanistan's 233 in this match. The previous highest was Ireland's 225 for 7 against Afghanistan in the final of the ICC World T20 qualifier in 2013. Afghanistan's previous highest total was 215 for 6, which they made against Zimbabwe in Sharjah in 2016. Afghanistan's 233 for 8 is the eighth-highest total in T20Is. Click here for the highest totals in T20Is.

104 Runs plundered by Afghanistan in the last-six over of their innings - the highest made by any team in T20Is in the last-six overs. Australia had made 97 runs against Sri Lanka in a T20I in Pallekele last year, which were the previous most.

91 Runs scored by Ireland in the Powerplay overs - joint-most in these overs in a T20Is. Netherlands had hit the same number of runs against them in Sylhet in the first round of the 2014 World T20.

0 Number of scores bigger than Mohammad Nabi's 89 by batsman at No. 6 or lower in T20Is. The previous highest was Cameron White's 85 not out batting at No. 6 against Sri Lanka in the 2010 World T20. Click here for the highest individual scores at No. 6 or lower in T20Is.

2 Number of individual scores in T20Is by Afghanistan batsmen higher than Nabi's 89. Mohammad Shahzad's 118 not out against Zimbabwe in 2016 is the highest, followed by Najeeb Tarakai's 90 in the second T20I of this series. Click here for Afghanistan's highest individual T20I scores.

21 Balls taken by Nabi to reach his fifty in this match - the fewest by any Afghanistan batsman in T20Is. Their previous fastest fifty was Najibullah Zadran's 22-ball half-century against UAE in a T20I in Dubai in 2016. Nabi's fifty is also the fourth-fastest by an Associate batsman in T20Is. Stephan Myburgh of Netherlands and Paul Stirling of Ireland hold the record for the fastest half-century: off 17 balls against Ireland and Afghanistan respectively.

9 Sixes hit by Nabi in this match - the most by an Associate batsman in T20Is. Shahzad's eight sixes against Zimbabwe in 2016 was the previous best. Nabi's nine sixes are also the most by a batsman at No. 6 or lower in T20Is. Ravi Bopara's seven sixes against Australia in Hobart in 2014 was the previous best. Click here for the most sixes in an innings by batsmen at No. 6 or lower in T20Is.

296.66 Nabi's strike rate in this match - the third-highest in an innings of 50 or more runs by any batsman in T20Is. Yuvraj Singh's 16-ball 58 (SR: 362.50) against England in the 2007 World T20 and Colin Munro's unbeaten 14-ball 50 (SR: 357.14) in a T20I against Sri Lanka last year are the innings that rank higher than Nabi's.

69 Runs conceded by Barry McCarthy in this match - the most by any bowler in a T20I. The previous most was the 68 that Kyle Abbott had conceded against West Indies in in 2015. Click here for the most expensive spells in T20Is.

438 Runs made in this match - the sixth-highest in a T20I. This is also the most runs scored in a match involving two Associate teams. The previous highest was 383 made in a match between Afghanistan and Scotland in the ICC World T20 Qualifier in 2015.

6/5 Ireland's score in the last two overs of the match. They were 199 for 5 at the end of the 18th over - four more than what Afghanistan had made in the first innings. While Afghanistan hit 38 run for the loss of two wickets in their last two overs, Ireland collapsed to 205 all out in the face of the stiff asking rate. There is only one instance when the last five wickets of a team have fallen for fewer runs in a chase in T20Is. Scotland had lost their last five for just two runs, crashing from 89 for 5 to to 91 all out while chasing 184 against Kenya in the 2013 World T20 qualifiers.


افغانستان په شل اوريزو لوبو کې ريکارډ جوړ کړ

بي بي سي لندن


له ایرلند سره ۲۳۳ منډې د نړیوالو شل اوریزو لوبو په ریکار‌‌‌‌‌‌ډ کې اتم نمبر تر ټولو ‌‌‌‌‌‌ډېرې دي تر دې وړاندې بیا هم له ایرلنډ سره افغانستان ۲۲۵ منډې کړې وې چې زموږ تر ټولو ‌‌‌‌‌‌ډېرې منډې وې.
نړیوال ریکار‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ډ د استرالیا دی چې له سرېلنکا سره یې ۲۶۳ منډې په شلو اوورونو کې تېر کال وکړې.
نبي او شهزاد کم سارې لوبه وکړه.
که افغانستان دا دریمه لوبه هم وګټي نو د دې لړۍ ټولې سیالۍ به یې خپلې کړې وي.
په دې سره افغانستان نړیوال ریکارډ هم جوړ کړ او لومړنی هېواد دی چې پرلپسې لس شل اوره لوبې ګټي.د افغانستان او ايرلنډ ترمنځ د کرېکټ درو شل اوريزو سياليو دويمه لوبه افغانستان په ۱۷ منډو وګټله او د دغو لوبو د لړۍ اتلولي يې خپله کړه.
افغان لوبډلې لومړی منډې جوړې کړې او په ټاکلو شلو اورونو کې يې د ۱۸۴ منډو په جوړولو سره ايرلنډ ته د ۱۸۵ منډو هدف ټاکلی و.
له افغان توپ وهونکو نجيب تره کی ښه وځلېد نوموړي په ۵۸ توپونو ۹۰ منډې وکړې. پر ده سربېره محمد نبي ۳۴، کريم جنت ۲۰ او سميع الله شينواري ۱۷ منډې جوړې کړې.
بله خوا د ايرلنډ توپ اچوونکي بري مکرتي څلور افغان لوبغاړي وسوځول او سټورټ تامسن او جېکب موډلر يوه يوه وېکټه واخيسته.
په افغان توپ اچوونکو کې راشد خان تر ټولو ښه لوبه وکړه، نوموړي د مقابلې لوبډلې پنځه لوبغاړي وسوځول. پر ده سربېره کريم جنت درې او شاپور ځدراڼ يوه وېکټه واخيسته.
د شل اوريزو لوبو په تاريخ کې افغان لوبډلې د پرله پسې لسو لوبو په گټلو ريکارډ ټينگ کړى دى. تر دې وړاندې انگلستان د ا
تو پرله پسې لوبو په گټلو دغه ريکارډ لاره.

 


 

شل اوريزو لوبو کې د افغانستان نړيوال ريکارډ

ايمل پسرلی
بي بي سي لندن
ايرلنډ ته په دويمه شل اوريزه لوبه کې د افغانستان له لورې ماتې لسمه پرله پسې نړيواله لوبه وه چې افغان لوبغاړو په کې برى خپلاوه. بل هېڅ لوبډلې پرله پسې دومره شل اوريزې لوبې نه دې گټلي.
د لسو پرله پسې بريو پيل هغه وخت وشو چې افغانستان تېر کال په نړيوالو شل اوريزو اتلوليو کې ويسټ انډيز ته ماتې ورکړه.
ويسټ انډيز د هغو اتلوليو اتل شو او له بل هېڅ هېواده يې ماتې ونه خوړه.
د ٢٠١٦ کال د مارچ د مياشتې په ٢٧ مه نېټه له ويسټ انډيز سره هغه لوبه افغان لوبډلې په شپږو منډو گټلې وه.
له هغه راهيسته افغانستان څلور ځله له متحدو عربو اماراتو سره، څلور ځله له ايرلنډ سره او يو وار له عمان سره مخامخ شوى او په ټولو لوبو کې بريالى و.
تر دې وړاندې انگلستان د پرله پسې ډېرو بريو ريکارډ درلود چې اته لوبې وې.
انگلستان د ٢٠١٠ کال له مۍ مياشتې د ٢٠١١ کال تر جنوري پورې په پرله پسې اتو لوبو کې برى خپل کړى و.
په هغه هڅه کې انگلستان درې ځله پاکستان ته، دوه وارې استراليا ته، او يو يو ځل سويلي افريقا او سرېلنکا ته ماتې ورکړې وه.
ځينې ښايي ووايي چې افغان لوبغاړو ظاهرآ له ضعيفو لوبډلو سره لوبه کړې ده. خو دا د دوى په لاس کې نه وه چې له چا سره لوبه وکړي.
د ايرلنډ د پرله پسې بريو ريکارډ هم اته لوبې دى. هند، پاکستان او سويلي افريقا يوازې اووه پرله پسې لوبې گټلي.
سرېلنکا ، استراليا، ويسټ انډيز او نيوزيلنډ پرله پسې يوازې شپږ لوبې گټلي دي.
دغو شمېرو ته په پام د افغانستان د پرله پسې لسو بريو ريکارډ د پام وړ دى.
افغانستان تر نورو ډېر وروسته کرېکټ لوبه پيل کړې ده.
په شل اوريزو لوبو کې ځينې افغان لوبغاړي په نړيواله کچه منل شوي دي.
سږ کال د هند د شل اوريزو سياليو اى پي ايل يوې لوبډلې راشد خان او محمد نبي ورخپل کړل چې د دوى د استعداد ښکارندويي کوي.
شهزاد محمدي په شل اوريزو لوبو کې د تر ټولو ډېرو منډو په کتار کې د نړۍ پنځم لوبغاړى دى.
د نجيب ترکي وروستۍ لوبې ته په پام سره داسې ښکاري چې نوي زلمي افغان لوبغاړي لا هم شته چې د افغان کرېکټ راتلونکي ته ښه زيرى دى.

 

 

Five-star Rashid spins Afghanistan to series win

Rashid Khan picked up five wickets in ten balls – with a triple-wicket maiden thrown in – as Afghanistan sealed a 17-run win (D/L method) over Ireland in the second of three Twenty20 Internationals at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground on Friday (March 10).

After Afghanistan, which won the toss, made 184 for 8 in 20 overs, Ireland was 65 for 2 in 6.1 overs when rain intervened. Ireland was well ahead of the D/L par score of 53 for 2 at that stage, but when play resumed, it was given a revised target of 111 in 11 overs, meaning it had to score 46 in 29 balls. Things unravelled pretty fast after that as Afghanistan picked up seven wickets in 18 balls and conceded only two fours in that duration, and Ireland finished on 93 for 9 in 11 overs. 

Rashid, the 18-year-old leg-spinner, finished with career-best figures of 2-1-3-5 – the joint fourth best T20I bowling performance, as Afghanistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and extended its longest unbeaten streak in the format to ten matches. Karim Janat, the right-arm medium pacer, supported Rashid well for returns of 3 for 24, while Najeeb Tarakai, who made 90 in 58 balls opening the innings, was the other hero for Afghanistan in the win.

Before the rain, Ireland was cruising with Paul Stirling and William Porterfield putting on 53 runs for the second wicket after Shapoor Zadran had accounted for Stuart Thompson early. Stirling, who hit four sixes and a four, fell just before the break when Janat bowled him with his sixth delivery. That tilted the equation in Afghanistan’s favour, but Ireland wouldn’t have expected to collapse the way it did when play resumed.

Janat sent Porterfield back, caught by Rashid at extra cover for 22 in 15 balls, and then Rashid got into the act. He took just three balls to strike for the first time when he bowled Kevin O’Brien with a tossed-up delivery. One ball later, he had Gary Wilson stumped as Ireland became 71 for 5 in 7.5 overs.

Janat then removed Andy McBrine before Rashid produced the triple-wicket over in which he accounted for Lorcan Tucker (first ball), Greg Thompson (fourth ball) and Barry McCarthy (fifth ball).

As much as the day belonged to Rashid and Janat, Tarakai, who added 54 runs with Samiullah Shenwari after Afghanistan was 12 for 2, played an equally significant role.

Tarakai also had stands of 49 and 57 with Janat for the fifth wicket and Mohammad Nabi for the sixth wicket respectively before falling off the first ball of the 20th over. His innings included seven fours and five sixes.

Nabi made a crucial 34 in 15 balls before becoming one of the three wickets to fall in the final over.

For Ireland, McCarthy, the debutant, was the most impressive with the ball. He finished with 4 for 33, which included two scalps in the final over. His effort, however, was not enough for Ireland to save the series.

The third match will be played at the same venue on Sunday.

 

 

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