The Indian men&s football team beat Afghanistan 2-1 in its second Group D match of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers third round at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.

Indian captain Sunil Chhetri scored a brilliant free-kick while Sahal Abdul Samad kept composure to score the winner in stoppage time. Zubayr Amiri scored the only...

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Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said the first group of Afghan pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning.

The group left from Kabul Airport on an Ariana Afghan Airlines flight.

Abdul Salam Hanafi, the second deputy prime minister, said at a  ceremony ahead of their departure at Kabul...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking remotely at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, said the outcome of the war in his country affected not just Ukraine, but the future of international order.

His country is seeking to push the Russians out of areas it has controlled since early in the war, and is defending against ferocious Russian...

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Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in the first T20I on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Batting first after winning the toss, Zimbabwe posted a middling score of 159 for 8, with only one partnership worth more than 30.

Afghanistan chased down the 160-run target, with four balls to spare. Opener Hazratullah Zazai...

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Iran and Venezuela, oil producers grappling with crippling U.S. sanctions, signed a 20-year cooperation plan in Tehran on Saturday, with the Islamic Republic&s supreme leader saying the allies would continue to resist pressure from Washington.

The signing ceremony, carried by Iranian state TV, was overseen by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi...

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The United States and its allies should assume the main obligations for the post-war reconstruction of Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

&According to our firm conviction, the main obligations for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, first of all financial, should be undertaken by the United States and its allies,...

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