Afghanistan and Pakistan said they had agreed a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, following days of deadly clashes between the neighbors and former allies.

The tenuous peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan appears to have ended after days of escalating conflict that came to a head as Afghanistan accused its neighbor of carrying out airstrikes on its territory on Friday.

Afghanistan has pulled out of an upcoming cricket series after three players in a local tournament were killed in an air strike it blamed Pakistan for. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said it would withdraw from November's tri-nation T20 series out of respect for the dead. The three did not play for the national team.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — World test champion South Africa will be heavily relying on its fit-again spinner Keshav Maharaj to level the two-test series against Pakistan as yet another dry pitch is prepared for the second test, starting on Monday.

The 25-year-old will lead Pakistan in the upcoming home ODI series against South Africa, scheduled from November 4 to 8 at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium

Asif Afridi had made his first class debut in January 2009 and will be pairing up with fellow left-arm spinner Noman Ali in Rawalpindi.

As fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated into rare, bloody combat this month, Islamabad pointed fingers at another adversary, accusing India of fuelling the conflict.But in recent months,

South Africa Women target a top-two finish against Pakistan in Colombo to avoid facing Australia in the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025