A recent Pakistani airstrike that rattled Afghanistan also led to the death of at least three Afghan cricketers in the Paktika Province. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said that the players had travelled from Urgun and Sharana in eastern Paktika province, on the Pakistan border, to participate in a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month.

The ACB named the three players as Kabeer, Sbghatullah, and Haroon, and beyond that, also said that five other people were killed in the attack.

The ACB also detailed that, “After returning home to Urgun, they were targeted during a gathering,” in what is being called a cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime.” The ACB did not give any more details about the attack.

Following the attack, Afghanistan pulled out of the t

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