Kabul: At least eight people, including three Afghan cricketers, were killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on Friday, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed. The board identified the deceased players as Kabeer, Sibghatullah, and Haroon, who had travelled from Urgun to Sharana near the Pakistan border to play a friendly match.

According to the ACB, the players were killed “after returning home to Urgun” when the airstrike hit a local gathering. The board condemned the attack as “a cowardly act carried out by the Pakistani regime” and expressed deep sorrow over the “martyrdom of brave cricketers from Urgun District.” Five others also lost their lives in the same strike, the board added.

As a mark of mourning, Afghanistan has withdrawn from the upcoming t

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