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England survive Afghan scare to win by 15 runs in World T20

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England nearly slipped on a potential banana skin but pulled their act together in time to notch up their second win of the World T20 beating Afghanistan by 15 runs in a group phase clash here on Wednesday.

England survived a batting collapse to post a respectable 142/7, chiefly due to Moeen Ali’s (41 not out) heroics down the batting order, pulling them from an abyss at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium.

David Willey (20 not out) helped in rebuilding the innings, but only after a massive slump that saw them lose three wickets in an over.

Afghanistan came close to the target, but England always had the upper hand, ultimately restricting them to 127/9.

England jumped to the second spot in Group 1 with the win, behind the West Indies. Afghanistan exited the tournament after their third successive defeat.

Afghanistan needed their lynchpin Mohammad Shahzad to fire in the run chase after an impressive bowling effort in their Super 10 contest.

He began by edging the first ball he faced, an in-swinger from left-arm quick David Willey, to the third man boundary. A ball later, he went back to the pavilion, playing across a swinging delivery to be plumb in front of the stumps.

His early dismissal dispirited the Afghans who lost two more wickets inside the third over, skipper Asghar Stanikzai (1) and Gulbadin Naib (0).

England’s new-ball partners David Willey (2/23) and Chris Jordan (1/27) swung the ball intelligently to reduce the Afghans to 13/3.

They limped to 50 in the 11th over, losing half their side in the process and were in desperate need of an innings like Moeen Ali’s. But, sadly, no one rose to the task, though Shafiqullah (35) did bring them close.

Earlier, England exhibited aggression after winning the toss and taking first strike. But skipper Eoin Morgan’s decision proved to be hollow as opener Jason Roy (5) danced down the track to be castled by left-arm spinner Amir Hamza.

That brought the in-form man Joe Root in and he began to build a decent partnership with James Vince.

But a collapse in the last three balls of the sixth over pushed them on the backfoot. Vince (22) succumbed to the charms of off-spinner Mohammad Nabi, offering a simple caught and bowled opportunity.

Morgan (0) followed Vince back in the very next ball, shouldering arms to a bowl that came in. The slump turned into a crisis (12) when Root departed after an ugly mix-up with Ben Stokes to reduce the Englishmen from 41/1 to 42/4.

They reached 50 in the eight over but never quite recovered from the shock and lost two more wickets soon. The relatively grassy pitch didn’t have any voodoo but England were simply not able to apply themselves.

Jos Butler’s (6) strong drive was superbly caught by a pumped-up Nabi, diving at extra cover. Stokes (7) inside-edged a quicker flat-trajectoried delivery onto his stumps and in the process landed on his bum, summing up England’s poor effort with the bat.

At 85/7 in 14.3 overs, the picture looked bleak, Ali (41 not out) gave England a fighting total, pulling them past the 100-run mark in the 18th over, launching into some big shots in the penultimate over, scoring 25 off it.

He and fellow left-hander Willey (20 not out) stitched a 57-run stand in 5.3 overs , plundering 55 of the last 30 deliveries to give England a fighting chance.

Brief scores: England: 142/7 (Moeen Ali 41, James Vince 22; Mohammad Nabi 2/17, Rashid Khan 2/17). Afghanistan: 127/9 (Shafiqullah 35, Samiullah Shinwari 22; David Willey 2/23, Adil Rashid 2/18).

 

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Contract worth $53 million signed for construction of last section of Khaf–Herat railway

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A contract worth $53 million was signed Thursday for the construction of the last section of Khaf-Herat railway that connects Afghanistan with Iran.

The contract was signed between Afghanistan Railway Authority and Gamma Group in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, his office said in a statement.

The segment is 47-kilometer long, stretching from Rabat Parian to Herat International Airport and the Industrial Town, according to the statement.

It added that completion and standard operational readiness are expected within approximately two years.

“Upon its completion, this segment will integrate the Khaf-Herat regional connectivity project with Iran’s significant seaports and facilitate access to Europe via the Turkish railway network,” the statement said.

“Furthermore, traversing Afghan territory, it will bolster commercial exchanges between Central and South Asia. Notably, this project’s realization will enable the expansion of railway networks into Farah, Nimruz, Helmand, and Kandahar provinces,” it added.

Gamma operates across Europe and Asia in multiple sectors including construction, renewable energy, power transmission, mining, railways among others.

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US urges IEA to fulfill counter-terrorism commitments

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The US State Department said on Thursday that Washington is committed to ensuring that Afghanistan can never again be a launching pad for terrorism.

“We remain committed to ensuring that Afghanistan can never again be a launching pad for terrorism, and we continue to push the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) to fulfill all of their counterterrorism commitments to the international community,” the department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a news briefing in Washington.

He reiterated that the United States had clearly communicated to the IEA that it’s their responsibility to ensure that “they give no safe haven to terrorists, whether it be Al Qaeda or ISIS-K or any other terrorist organization”.

Miller also reassured US allies that Washington was closely watching the developments in Afghanistan and was ready to deal with any threat emerging from the region.

“We remain vigilant against the evolving threat of these terrorist groups, and our global coalition to defeat ISIS and the C5+1 help intensify our efforts to monitor terrorist threats from the region and prevent their ability to raise funds, travel, and spread propaganda,” he said.

C5+1 refers to a diplomatic platform involving the five Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgy­zstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and the United States. It serves as a forum for discussing and addressing regional issues such as security, economic development, and cooperation.

“The United States remains vigilant against the evolving threat posed by terrorist groups, including ISIS-K, and has maintained an unwavering focus on terrorism since President Joe Biden took office three years ago,” Miller said.

The US, he said, was “working both unilaterally and with its partners to successfully disrupt threats across the globe and degrade ISIS”.

“We will continue to work to hold ISIS accountable for its actions and to prevent terrorist attacks against the United States and other Western countries,” Miller said.

This comes as IEA has repeatedly said that it is committed to not allowing anyone to use Afghanistan soil against any other country.

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IEA condemns Israel for confiscating 800 hectares of land in West Bank’s Jordan Valley

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) strongly condemned on Thursday Israel’s decision to seize 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley region.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the recent actions by “the Zionist regime demonstrate that it does not to adhere to international laws, especially international humanitarian law.”

“Continuation of such unilateral actions and ignoring the rights of Palestinian people will further deteriorate the situation,” the statement said.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan expects international actors, particularly influential regional Muslim countries to fulfill their legitimate, human and moral responsibilities in supporting the oppressed people of Palestine and prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied territories,” it added.

Israeli media have reported that Israel seized 800 hectares of land in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank, claiming it as “state land.”

It is reported the seized land could be used for the construction of illegal Jewish settlements.

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