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![The Incredible Success, and Hope, of Afghanistan’s Cricket Team The Incredible Success, and Hope, of Afghanistan’s Cricket Team](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-28-165502.jpg)
The Incredible Success, and Hope, of Afghanistan’s Cricket Team
By Grant Wyeth
The team’s rise is extraordinary given the chaos embroiling Afghanistan over the past four and a half decades. Cricket represents a rare spot of hope for a troubled country.
![Citing Taliban, Australia Nixes Afghanistan Cricket Series Citing Taliban, Australia Nixes Afghanistan Cricket Series](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-13-065240.jpg)
Citing Taliban, Australia Nixes Afghanistan Cricket Series
By Associated Press
Instead of being supportive, Australia is taking away Afghans' only reason for happiness, an Afghan cricketer said.
![South Asian Politics Takes the Field at the Cricket World Cup South Asian Politics Takes the Field at the Cricket World Cup](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-09-190759.jpg)
South Asian Politics Takes the Field at the Cricket World Cup
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
From the India-Pakistan match to Afghanistan’s run and even New Zealand-Pakistan tensions, the T20 World Cup has been brimming with geopolitical implications.
![Sports Amid Chaos in Afghanistan Sports Amid Chaos in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-28-17.jpg)
Sports Amid Chaos in Afghanistan
By Sajad Jatoi
During its first period of rule the Taliban banned sports, even cricket. Will they view sports differently this time around?
![Afghanistan and India's Cricket Diplomacy Afghanistan and India's Cricket Diplomacy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18165208505894.jpg)
Afghanistan and India's Cricket Diplomacy
By Grant Wyeth
What a recent Test Match tells us about Afghan-Indian relations.
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