Taliban militants have recaptured Afghanistan after the US draws down its presence. Former US ambassador Ryan Crocker blamed former President Donald Trump for the collapse of the Afghan regime. He said, “We bear a major responsibility for this. It started under President Trump when he authorized negotiations between the US and the Taliban without the Afghan government in the room. That was a key Taliban demand and we acceded to it. It was a huge demoralizing factor for the Afghan government and its security focus”. The dire assessment came as Taliban militants have taken back large portions of the country. The Taliban controlled 12 of the country’s 34 provincial capitals as of Friday, as well as Kandahar, the second-largest city in the country Read more...
US President Joe Biden’s administration is expanding its effort to find and reunite migrant families.
Those migrant families were separated under President Donald Trump as part of a zero-tolerance policy on illegal crossings.
On Monday, a federal task force is launching a new program that officials say will expand efforts to find parents as many of whom are in remote Central American communities.
It would help them return to the United States and they will get at least 3-years of legal residency and other assistance.
The executive director of the administration’s Family Reunification Task Force, Michelle Brane said, “We recognize that we can’t make these families completely whole again.
But we want to do everything we can to put them on a path towards a better life” Read more...
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Andy Flower named Afghanistan team consultant for T20 World Cuphttps://blog.eticketing.co/andy-flower-named-afghanistan-team-consultant-for-t20-world-cup-newzealand-vs-afghanistan/Former Zimbabwe captain and England Coach Andy Flower is appointed as a consultant to the Afghanistan team for the T20 World Cup 2021.https://www.eticketing.co/sports-tickets/t20-world-cup-tickets/new-zealand-t20-world-cup-tickets/
Cricket Board (ACB) selection committee on Sunday announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup which will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Addressing media persons on the squad composition, Chief Selector Nawroz Mangal said that young wicket-keeper batsman Munir Ahmad has been included in the squad after his impressive performance in domestic cricket including Ghazi Amanullah Khan One-Day Cup.He added: “We added Munir as a wicket-keeper batsman because he performed well in other national teams including U19 team, Emerging and Afghanistan A Team.”Noticeable changes from the squad against Ireland in the recent ODI series include the recall of bowling all-rounder Sharafuddin Ashraf to the squad and exclusion of opening batsman Hazratullah Zazai.Mangal showed confidence that the team would continue to perform well beyond the Asia Cup and in the lead up to the 2019 ICC Cricket World.Squad: Asghar Afghan (C), Mohammad Shahzad (WK) , Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Munir Ahmad, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Sayed Shirzad and Wafadar.Addressing the press conference, Abdul Wali Amin, member of the ACB Selection Committee, said: “Selection of the squad was not an easy task as we witnessed commendable performances from players in different national team setups including Under-19, A and Emerging teams that recently played several matches against each other.”Asia cup will be played from 15th – 28th September in UAE.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka form Group B while Pakistan and India will be joined by third team that will be decided after the Asia Cup Qualifiers.
It will be Afghanistan’s first Asia Cup after obtaining Full Member status of the International Cricket Council in June 2017.