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Some four years after players from the Afghanistan women’s national team fled their homeland amid the Taliban’s takeover, a number of the teammates are representing their country once more in an international soccer tournament.

Afghan media noted that Pakistan blamed India for 'pulling the strings', but did not account for their own sudden change in stance during the negotiations

The tenuous peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan appears to have ended after days of escalating conflict that came to a head as Afghanistan accused its neighbor of carrying out airstrikes on its territory on Friday.

Pakistan’s defense minister has warned Afghanistan that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response.

Pakistan’s peace talks with Afghanistan collapsed in Istanbul, with Islamabad accusing India of fuelling tensions, even as reports suggest US drone operations from Pakistani soil triggered the fallout.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a new immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry said early Sunday, following more than a week of deadly clashes which continued despite an earlier truce.

According to the Futsal Committee’s official Facebook page, Afghanistan’s U-17 futsal team will play against Iran in the final of the third round of the Asian Youth Championships, scheduled to take place in Bahrain at 8:30 p.m. Afghanistan time.

The US has granted India an extension on sanctions waivers for Iran's Chabahar Port until early next year. This crucial port facilitates India's regio