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Windies to host Afghanistan in historic series
Afghanistan will tour West Indies for an eight-match limited overs series next June, marking the first time the International Cricket Association (ICC) associate nation will face the Caribbean side in a full series.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board announced yesterday that the Asian side would play the Windies in five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals starting mid-June, but revealed no specific dates.
For the Afghans, it will be only their third full series against a Full ICC Member, following similar tours against Zimbabwe last year. ACB chief executive, Shafiq Stanikazi, said the tour would be a crucial one for them.
“This is a major series with very attractive teams featuring some of the world’s best players,” he pointed out.
“We look forward to some very entertaining cricket in T20s and ODIs. On behalf of Afghanistan Cricket Board, I am very thankful to West Indies Cricket Board for agreeing to be hosts for the series.”
ACB chairman, Nasimullah Danish, said facing a nation with the calibre of West Indies would be a boost to Afghanistan.
“Playing with the Twenty20 champions will boost technical prospects for us,” he noted.
Afghanistan made a bold statement during the Twenty20 World Cup in India last March when they stunned eventual champions West Indies by six runs in Nagpur, in the first-ever meeting between the two teams in an international.
The success came against the backdrop of positive results last year when they beat Zimbabwe in limited overs series in Harare and in Sharjah.
West Indies Cricket Board chief executive, Michael Muirhead, said the upcoming series was a welcomed one.
“This series will add to the variety of cricket our teams will be playing for the next year and we are happy to be able to have teams visit the region to add exposure for all our players,” he was quoted as saying.
West Indies are currently ranked eighth in ODIs, two spots above Afghanistan, and are third in the T20I rankings, with the Afghans lying ninth.
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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.
The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.
The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan
There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.
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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh
As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.
The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.
“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.
Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.
“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.
“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.
Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.
In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.
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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months
Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.
Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.
He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.
In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.
Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.
“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.
On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.
According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.
Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.
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