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Australia aren’t going to take us lightly: Trott warns Afghanistan

Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott is not allowing his team to enjoy the England win for long as their path to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals is now crystal clear, and Friday's clash against world champions Australia could be a virtual quarterfinal for the Afghans.

Afghan misadventure~I

It is paradoxical that the US which entered Afghanistan with the promise of ensuring a new age of peace and stable democracy is now, though belatedly, arguing as stated by Biden that nation building was not on its cards. The American intervention, far from building an enduring democracy, created a clientelist oligarchy that survived because of widespread corruption despite lack of popular support, as it was in South Vietnam.

With embassies closed, black market for visas thriving in Afghanistan

"The real price for a Tajikistan visa is $60, but in the black market it is around $350 to $400. The real price for Turkey's visa is $120, but in the black market it is selling for up to $5,000. There are secrets that we do not know, and only the firsthand dealers know how to obtain them,"

America and Russia

It is important to focus on what a leading expert has termed the expectations mismatch between Washington and Moscow emanating from the close cooperation and coordinated actions in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the World Trade Centre attacks