DOCSLIB.ORG

Govt and International Community Yet to Meet Brussels Commitments

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Govt and International Community Yet to Meet Brussels Commitments www.outlookafghanistan.net www.thedailyafghanistan.com facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan facebook.com/The.Daily.Afghanistan Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Back Page September 03, 2018 Jalalabad Clear Ghazni Clear Kandahar Clear Mazar Clear Herat Clear Bamiyan Clear Kabul Clear Daily 33°C 32°C Outlook 28°C 29°C 28°C 21°C 30°C Weather 26°C 12°C 19°C 20°C 15°C 6°C 18°C Forcast Mohib Welcomes Govt and International Community Incoming US Commander KABUL - National Security Yet to Meet Brussels Commitments Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib on Sunday praised the Officials at the Ministry of Finance said that so far 55 percent international community for of Brussels› commitments have been fulfilled, and it is expected that by the its ongoing commitments to end of this year, these commitments will be implemented 100 percent. Afghan National Security and Defence Forces. In a tweet, Mohib offered con- dolences on the demise of Sen- ator John McCain, whose in- tegrity, service and dedication was recognised worldwide. He also hailed the outgoing commander of Resolute Sup- port (RS) mission: “During that we will continue to build general. your time as commander you upon your great work.” “Gen Miller was among the first helped the ANDSF mature The ex-ambassador welcomed American soldiers to be deployed into a professional force now Gen. Miller back to Afghani- to Afghanistan since 2001 and has leading the fight against the in- stan and congratulated him extensive experience in counter- surgents. I want to assure you on his promotion to a 4-star terrorism ...(More on P4)...(6) Police ‘Ignore’ ACJC’s Nangarhar Patients, Students Can Refer to Arrest Warrant For Nuristani Pakistan’s Embassy for KABUL - Newly appoint- ed senator Ahmad Yousuf Visa Issuance Nuristani, who is the former KABUL - Patients and students chairman of the Independent residing in jurisdiction of Con- Election Commission (IEC) sulate General of Pakistan in and former governor of Her- Jalalabad may contact Pakistan at, has an arrest order against Embassy in Kabul for issuance of him by the Anti-Corruption visas, the Pakistan embassy said Criminal Justice Center on Sunday. (ACJC). “The Embassy of Pakistan Kabul Documents received by wishes to announce till the clo- KABUL - MoF officials said that of the eight com- “So far, 55 percent of Brussels’s commitments have TOLOnews shows that sure of the Consulate General of mitments made by the international community been fulfilled, and we hope that all these commit- Nuristani was accused of Pakistan in Jalalabad to accom- four, as noted below, will be implemented by the ments will be implemented by the end of the year,” misusing his authority twice modate patients and students re- end of this year. said Abadullah Darman ministry of finance’s act- while governor in Herat and moned by the ACJC to an- siding in jurisdiction of Consulate • Effectiveness of Assistance and Capacity ing spokesman. was summoned to appear swer to the allegations but General of the Islamic Republic of Building with global payments from the national In this report, the lack of trust over state institu- before the ACJC in connec- when he failed to appear Pakistan in Jalalabad may contact budget tions, the lack of capacity and the existence of ad- tion with the allegations but they issued arrest warrants. Pakistan Embassy in Kabul for is- • Investment of 80 percent of global aid in ministrative corruption in these institutions, the failed to do so. The documents state that the suance of visas,” read a statement Afghanistan’s priority projects lack of coordination between government agen- The documents show that ACJC warned police that if from Pakistani diplomatic mis- • Integration of parallel project manage- cies and global institutions and the global institu- ACJC have on numerous they do not arrest Nuristani, sion in Kabul. ment bodies into government institutions and tions’ lack of interest in implementing a number of occasions issued arrest or- then the ACJC will make a Such visa applicants may send • Reporting of high salaries of contract staff their commitments was the failure to implement ders but that the Ministry decision based on the Crimi- their applications through their to the Ministry of Finance 100 percent of global commitments. of Interior has failed to take nal Procedure Code. representatives along with medi- But the Ministry of Finance report shows that only A number of economic analysts have said it is im- Nuristani into custody. “Anyone who was author- cal record and student bonafide just over 50 percent of all 28 commitments have portant for the Brussels Summit’s commitments to According to the documents, ized (to arrest Nuristani) has certificate to the Embassy of Pa- been implemented. be implemented in ...(More on P4)...(7) Nuristani was twice sum- ...(More on P4)...(8) kistan in Kabul. ...(More on P4)...(9) MTN Afghanistan Foundation Provides Pentagon Cancels Further $300 Million in Aid to Pakistan 500 Returnees with a Kit-Pack of Food WASHINGTON - A Pentagon spokes- man said this aid to Islamabad was and Essential Relief Items. cancelled due to a lack of action by KABUL - MTN Afghanistan Founda- continuing its assistance.” Pakistan in support of the US’s South tion provision an Essential Kit-Pack H.E. Mr. Mehr Khuda Sabar, the Asia Strategy. consisting of food and essential relief Deputy Minister for Refugee Af- The US military said it has made a final items as an assistance to 500 return- fairs (of the Ministry of Refugees & decision to cancel $300 million in aid ees returning from the neighboring Returnees) welcomed the assistance to Pakistan that had been suspended country of Pakistan in a humanitar- of MTN Afghanistan to the respon- over Islamabad’s perceived failure to ian aid effort. sibilities of the Ministry of Refugees take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties. The so-called Coalition Support Funds were part of a broader suspension in aid to Pakistan announced by Presi- dent Donald Trump at the start of the year, when he accused Pakistan of re- US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in par- Faulkner said the Pentagon aimed to spend warding past assistance with “nothing ticular, had an opportunity to authorize the $300 million on “other urgent priori- but lies & deceit.” $300 million in CSF funds through this ties” if approved by Congress. He said an- The Trump administration says Is- summer - if he saw concrete Pakistani ac- other $500 million in CSF was stripped by lamabad is granting safe haven to tions to go after insurgents. Mattis chose Congress from Pakistan earlier this year, to insurgents who are waging a 17-year- not to, a US official told Reuters. bring the total withheld to $800 million. old war in neighboring Afghanistan, a “Due to a lack of Pakistani decisive ac- The disclosure came ahead of an expected The assistance, in coordination with & Returnees (MoRR), and expressed charge Pakistan denies. tions in support of the South Asia Strategy visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the Ministry of Refugees & Return- their support for MTN Afghanistan. But US officials had held out the pos- the remaining $300 (million) was repro- and the top US military officer, General ees (MoRR) and International Or- The Deputy Minister added that sibility that Pakistan could win back grammed,” Pentagon spokesman Lieuten- Joseph Dunford, to Islamabad. Mattis told ganization for Migration (IOM), at the assistance is very useful for the that support if it changed its behavior. ant Colonel Kone Faulkner said. reporters ...(More on P4)...(10) the Regional Office of the Interna- returning refugee families: “We are tional Organization for Migration on grateful to the MTN Afghanistan’s the Torkham border with a kit-pack delegation, especially Mr. Hiday- Ashraf Stages Comeback as Afghanistan Unveils Squad for Asia Cup that includes rice, oil, beans , BP5 atullah Zahid, for helping migrants which will be played in the biscuits, blankets and first aid kits with food and essential relief items from the squad against Ireland in the recent United Arab Emirates (UAE). for the 500 returnee families. at this critical time. ODI series include the recall of bowling all- Addressing media persons on Mr. Hidayatullah Zahid, head of This is not the first time that MTN rounder Sharafuddin Ashraf to the squad the squad composition, Chief MTN Afghanistan’s Foundation at Afghanistan’s Foundation is help- and exclusion of opening batsman Hazrat- Selector Nawroz Mangal said the opening ceremony said that Er- ing with the destitute families and ullah Zazai. Mangal showed confidence that young wicket-keeper dogan always urged his followers refugees. The MTN Afghanistan that the team would continue to perform batsman Munir Ahmad has to work, assist and provide help to Foundation has already provided as- well beyond the Asia Cup and in the lead been included in the squad fellow impoverished people with sistance to its compatriots in various up to the 2019 ICC Cricket World. after his impressive perfor- families who were in difficult cir- sectors, including providing youth Squad: Asghar Afghan (C), Mohammad mance in domestic cricket cumstances with the necessary food with the educational opportunities; Shahzad (WK) , Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah including Ghazi Amanullah and essential
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Australia Beat S Africa in Epic Test Nailbiter
    THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 SPORTS SCOREBOARD DHAKA: Full scoreboard of the Asia Cup one-day international between Afghanistan and India in Dhaka yesterday: Afghanistan: 9-137 (S. Zadran), 10-159 (Shenwari) Noor Ali Zadran c Kohli b Jadeja 31 Bowling: Kumar 8-1-25-0 (w1), Shami 7.2-0- Nawroz Mangal b Shami 5 50-2 (w8), Mishra 10-1-21-1 (w1), Jadeja 10- Rahmat Shah lbw b Jadeja 9 1-30-4, Ashwin 10-3-31-3 (w2) Asghar Stanikzai c Mishra b Jadeja 5 Najibullah Zadran c sub (Binny) b Ashwin 5 India: Mohammad Nabi c Karthik b Jadeja 6 A. Rahane lbw b Ashraf 56 Mohammad Shahzad lbw b Ashwin 22 S. Dhawan b Nabi 60 Samiullah Shenwari lbw b Shami 50 R. Sharma not out 18 Mirwais Ashraf c Kohli b Mishra 9 D. Karthik not out 21 Shapoor Zadran lbw b Ashwin 1 Extras: (lb1, w3, nb1) 5 Dawlat Zadran not out 2 Total (for two wickets, 32.2 overs) 160 Extras: (lb2, w12) 14 Fall of wickets: 1-121 (Rahane), 2-123 Total (all out, 45.2 overs) 159 (Dhawan). Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Mangal), 2-54 (Shah), 3- Bowling: Nabi 10-0-30-1, S. Zadran 6-0-25-0, CAPE TOWN: Australians celebrate with the trophy after winning the Series against South Africa on Day 5 of the third Test match. —AFP 55 (N. Ali Zadran), 4-60 (Stanikzai), 5-64 (N. D. Zadran 5-0-25-0 (w2, nb1), Shenwari 4.2- Zadran), 6-83 (Nabi), 7-95 (Shahzad), 8-111 0-32-0 (w1), Ashraf 5-0-26-1, Shah 2-0-21-0 (Ashraf), India won by eight wickets.
    [Show full text]
  • Ton-Up Williamson Revives New Zealand Against West Indies
    SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2019 16 Shami hat-trick seals India win Mohammed Shami shines AFP | Southampton for four. India Tight Afghan attack With an incredible triumph in tight game after coming ohammed within touching distance, Nabi K. Rahul c Zazai b Nabi 30 Afghanistan have been the in as replacement for Shami took a was caught by Pandya at long on R. Sharma b Rahman 1 whipping boys of the tournament Mdramatic hat- two balls later. V. Kohli c Shah b Nabi 67 in England and Wales, often look- trick to finally clinch Shami then clean-bowled Aftab V. Shankar lbw b Shah 29 ing out of their depth against the injured Bhuvneshwar a thrilling 11-run Alam and Mujeeb Ur Rahman to MS Dhoni st Alikhil b Rashid 28 more established teams. seal a nerve-jangling win with a Jadhav c sub ( Zadran) b Naib 52 Yesterday’s match was only the Kumar hat-trick. H. Pandya c Alikhil b Alam 7 third one-day international be- “This win is right up there. M. Shami b Naib 1 tween the two teams and defeat We thought 250 was par and 270 K. Yadav not out 1 for India would have been a major would have been an outstanding J. Bumrah not out 1 embarrassment despite last year’s win over Afghan- effort. A team like Afghanistan Extras (w7) 7 tie in the Asia Cup. India’s Mohammed istan after the min- doesn’t let you play how you want Total (eight wickets, 50 overs) 224 India were on the back foot Shami, right, celebrates nows threatened one of to play,” India captain Virat Kohli right at the start of the match after dismissing the biggest shocks in World said.
    [Show full text]
  • D4 Arddvd 2Ruyrrc Dvtfcvd Aczgrtj 2ZQHU¶V DSDWK\
    RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 :*( ; ; ; -('.-/0$1 "&'"'( !"#$% 746>3+1A(4334. <!%3<+27+=! 6*3 5734!3 *3@13*147*7=5 1(3)1@32627)3A&721 1<26!!7!=>12 ? + %4/--6 $"$ 87 ! 3 7 # * 2)#20" 23145 ! "$% !& )* R RR )3 *3456 arguments, it was not influ- enced by the heat generated by he Supreme Court on the debates. TWednesday upheld the “The issue has generated Constitutional validity of the heated public debate as well. Centre’s flagship Aadhaar Even outside the court, there scheme, but introduced safe- are groups advocating in favour guards against collection of of the Aadhaar scheme and citizens’ data by banks, telecom those who are stoutly opposing operators, online shopping the same,” said the Bench. platforms, private and corpo- Justice AK Sikri, who wrote rate entities. The court also the majority verdict for Chief ruled that Aadhaar authenti- Justice Dipak Misra, AM cation data cannot be stored for Khanwilkar and himself, said, more than six months and “Interestingly, it is not only the directed the Government to commoners who belong to ensure that Aadhaar is not and Services) Act, 2016. that violated right to privacy of either of the two groups but given to illegal immigrants. The five judges came out an individual, Justice Sikri intelligentsia is also equally A five-judge Constitution with three sets of judgments. asked the Government to bring divided. There have been num- Bench headed by Chief Justice While Justice AK Sikri wrote in a robust
    [Show full text]
  • Ex-Taliban Governor GUNNED DOWN NEAR PESHAWAR
    Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:266 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . APRIL 30. 2017 -Sawar 10, 1396 HS AT News Report KABUL: The former president, Hamid Karzai the other day has addressed an International Securi- ty Conference hosted by Mos- cow’s Defense Ministry. The Rus- sian defense ministry is organiz- ing the international security con- ference every year, inviting vari- ous key political leaders, defense officials and experts from many corners of the world to share views and experiences. In his speech, Hamid Karzai has shad light over terrorism and extremism in Af- ghanistan, saying “despite US-led were tired of the ongoing security es for all the sacrifices they have counter-terrorism mission, terror- situation. He also called on all par- made in terms of securing the coun- ism is increasing day by day in the ties involved in the war and other try and said that the Taliban’s war country.” Regarding the ongoing gional mechanism, backed by the ty of Kabul and Moscow are in- leaders to come together to find a against government was “senseless conflict in Afghanistan, Karzai em- international community in order ter-dependent. Karzai added, role lasting solution to end the crisis. and illegitimate”. He also said the phasized on mutual cooperation to strengthen peace and reconcili- of regional countries including Rus- However, referring to last country must not repeat the mis- and partnership to be developed ation process is important to end sia, China, India, Iran and as well week’s army base attack on the takes of the past.
    [Show full text]
  • Afghan Peace Council to Invite Taliban to Kabul
    www.outlookafghanistan.net www.thedailyafghanistan.com facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan facebook.com/The.Daily.Afghanistan Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Back Page April 06, 2019 Kandahar Chance Jalalabad Clear Ghazni Clear Clear Mazar Herat Chance Bamiyan Clear Kabul Clear Daily of Rain of Rain Outlook 33°C 17°C 31°C 24°C 28°C 7°C 24°C Weather 20°C 4°C 19°C 17°C 16°C 3°C 12°C Forcast 1,700 Square Km of Afghan Afghan Peace Council to Land Still Infested with Landmines KABUL - The State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management Invite Taliban to Kabul on Thursday expressed con- cern that 1,700 square kilom- The Afghan government will invite Taliban representatives to capital Kabul as part of eters of land remained littered ongoing peace efforts, a top official said Thursday. with landmines in Afghani- stan, adding 120 people were killed or wounded in landmine explosions every month. Najib Aqa Fahim, the state minister for natural disasters management, addressing a cer- emony ...(More on P4)...(7) Peace Jirga will Cost Nearly Asghar Afghan Removed as $5 Million: Finance Ministry National Cricket KABUL - As the High Peace talks with the Taliban, accord- Council gets closer to hosting ing to the High Peace Council. Team’s Captain one of the biggest national The Finance Ministry’s KABUL - Afghanistan Cricket gatherings on peace called the spokesman Shamroz Khan Board (ACB) on Friday an- Consultative Jirga scheduled Masjidi told TOLOnews that nounced that Asghar Afghan has for later this month, the Min- the money will be paid from been removed as the National istry of Finance confirmed that the Presidential Palace’s “code Cricket Team’s captain.
    [Show full text]
  • Afghanistan Vs Bahrain FINAL
    Match Report Match : AFGHANISTAN Vs BAHRAIN Played at : AHMADI GROUND Date : 24TH FEBRUARY, 2006 Toss won by: BAHRAIN Elected to Bat / Field Captain YASER SADEQ (BAHRAIN) / RAES AHMAD ZAI (AFGHANISTAN) BATTING ANALYSIS INNINGS OF ……………… AFGHANISTAN ……………………………………… (Side Batting First) S/L BATSMAN HOW OUT BOWLER RUNS BALLS 4’s 6’s 1 Karim Khan C. Yaser B. Rizwan 15 23 2 0 2 Nasir C. Asghar B. Ashraf 49 63 6 1 3 Nawroz Mangal Bowled B. Asghar 19 39 2 0 4 Noor Ali C. Yaqoub B. Tahir 31 39 3 0 5 Raees Khan C. Rizwan B. Asghar 36 77 0 0 6 Sami Shinwari Runout (Ashraf) 7 7 1 0 7 Mohammed Nabi Bowled B. Qamar 0 1 0 0 8 Hasti Gul Stumped B. Qamar 2 7 0 0 9 Asghar (Super Sub) C. Yasir B. Asghar 18 29 1 0 10 Shapoor Zadran Stumped B. Qamar 3 5 0 0 11 Hameed Hasan Not Out 1* 2 0 0 Super Sub Batsmen Total 181 Notes & General Extras NB W BYE LBYE Penalties Remarks Extras 13 9 4 0 -- Provisional Score for Innings Penalties Awarded in other innings Final Score __194__ for __10__ Wickets in _48.4 Overs Grand Total 194 Fall of Wickets / Scores 1/45 2/88 3/100 4/144 5/154 6/155 7/161 8/189 9/192 10/194 Batsmen Out 1 3 2 4 6 7 8 5 9 10 Partnership 45 43 12 44 10 1 6 28 3 2 BOWLING ANALYSIS TEAM (Fielding First) : ………BAHRAIN ……………………………………………… S/L BOWLER OVER MDN RUNS WKTS WIDES N.B.’S 1 Yasir S.
    [Show full text]
  • June 11, 2017
    SPORT Sunday 11 June 2017 PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 French Open: Kohli urges India Ronaldo fires Portugal, Nadal eyes to keep cool in SA France complicates perfect 10 clash path to Russia Ostapenko creates history in Paris Paris but Halep was overpowered as AFP Ostapenko blasted 54 winners to the Romanian's 10. atvia's Jelena Ostap- "I want to congratulate enko stunned third Jelena. All the credit for what you seed Simona Halep have done. Enjoy it, be happy and 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 yesterday keep it going because you're like to win her maiden a kid," said Halep. Romania's Simona LGrand Slam title and become the Ostapenko set the tone lowest-ranked champion in immediately on a raucous Court Halep during her French Open history. Philippe Chatrier, disguising any loss in the final. World number 47 Ostapenko nerves with an array of bruising is the first unseeded player to lift groundstrokes to break Halep in the Roland Garros title in the the opening game. Open era and the first Latvian But the Romanian delivered major champion in history. a swift counter-punch, hitting The 20-year-old is the back straight away on the Latvi- youngest French Open winner an's serve before holding with since Iva Majoli in 1997 and the ease for 2-1. second set, the third seed then for 4-4, but Ostapenko promptly first player to win a debut tour- More crisp striking from breaking Ostapenko to com- broke to love to leave herself in level title at a Slam since Gustavo Ostapenko nudged the 20-year- pound her frustration.
    [Show full text]
  • Postscript Layout 1
    26 Established 1961 Sports Monday, September 9, 2019 Spinners Rashid, Zahir Khan take Afghanistan close to historic win Bangladesh reduced to 136-6 before rain forced early stumps CHITTAGONG: Spinners Rashid Khan and Zahir Khan who made his debut as youngest-ever Test captain, led shared five wickets between them as Afghanistan came Afghanistan from the front, finishing the day with 3-46 within four wickets of a historic win over Bangladesh in while left-arm chinaman Zahir claimed 2-36 runs. the one-off Test in Chittagong yesterday. Retiring all-rounder Mohammad Nabi claimed the The visitors — playing only their third Test ever — other wicket. Zahir started the victory push when he reduced Bangladesh to 136-6 before rain forced early dismissed opener Liton Das, who was trapped leg stumps on the fourth day, with the hosts, who were set before for nine two balls after a caught-behind deci- a record target of 398 runs, still needing 262. sion against him was overturned by the TV umpire The highest successful run chase in Bangladesh is on review. 317-7 by New Zealand at the same ground in 2008. One-down Mosaddek Hossain chased a ball from “Yes, we are bit excited because we are in a good him wide outside the off-stump to give a catch to position,” Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Afsar Asghar Afghan at long off after making 12 runs. Rashid Zazai said. trapped Mushfiqur Rahim plumb in front after the for- “It means a lot to be honest,” he added. “The people mer Bangladesh skipper started confidently to make 23 know about us good enough in white-ball cricket.
    [Show full text]
  • Page18.Qxd (Page 1)
    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU National School Games U-14 Boys Cricket C’ship KC Sports Club registers Shenwari leads Afghanistan to Praful demolishes Karnataka, but Delhi 6-wkt win over VRCC Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ramandeep and Arjun shared 2 historic World Cup win tames mighty J&K to enter semis wickets each. DUNEDIN (NEW ZEALAND), chase and then shared vital 60 runs ary while going for another big hit. JAMMU, Feb 26: KC Sports In reply, KCSC chased the Feb 26: off 71 balls with Hassan to take his Shenwari’s dismissal brought Excelsior Sports Correspondent mark, scoring 14 runs off 16 balls, Bharadwaj and Akash contributed Club registered 6-wicket win target in 10 overs by losing 4 side near the finishing line before Afghanistan’s last pair at the while five of the Karnataka bats- 22 runs each to the total. For J&K, over VRCC in a low scoring wickets, thus won the match by Top-order batsman Samiullah perishing in the 47th over. crease and from there on a win JAMMU, Feb 26: Jammu and men got out for naught. Praful was Praful Dhar was the only success- match to advance in the ongoing 6 wickets. Abhishant (25) and Shenwari struck a gritty 96 to pave Shenwari though made the looked improbable for the Asian Kashmir the wrecker-in-chief, who captured ful and most economical bowler, Jammu and Kashmir Premier thrashed formi- Amrit (12) were the main scor- the way for Afghanistan’s historic 6 important wickets by conceding who claimed one wicket by con- League T20 Cricket Today's Fixture dable Karnataka just 8 runs in his 3 overs, while ceding 8 runs in 2 overs, while the ers.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 2012
    Annual Report 2012 “Cricket is the language of peace and unity in Afghanistan. The performance of our cricket heroes brings a smile to my lips, tears to my eyes, love and passion to my heart and my soul calls out peace and peace!” (The words of a fan on the ACB Facebook page) TABLE OF CONTENTS Chairman’s Message .......................................................................................................................... 3 Chief Executive Officer’s Introduction ............................................................................................... 4 2012 HighLights .................................................................................................................................. 5 January ........................................................................................................................................... 5 February ......................................................................................................................................... 5 March ............................................................................................................................................. 6 ApriL ................................................................................................................................................ 6 May ................................................................................................................................................ 7 June ...............................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • P26 Layout 1
    26 Sports Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Paceman Hassan surprise pick in Afghanistan World Cup squad Sacked captain Afghan finds place in squad MUMBAI: Afghanistan named fast bowler Hamid shortest Twenty20 format and third in the list of Hassan, who last played for the side in July 2016, in bowlers for the 50-over format. “It has been a six- their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup yester- month preparation process for the ICC Cricket World day. Hassan, 31, has played 32 one-day internationals Cup,” Ahmadzai said. “The mission is to play inspira- for the war-torn nation and was also part of tional cricket in the tournament; I know there are Afghanistan’s maiden appearance at the 50-over strong teams but we will do our level best to achieve World Cup in Australia and New Zealand four years our goals. back. “Luckily for us, the comeback of senior fast “As chief selector, it is my duty to select a competi- bowler Hamid Hassan is a good news,” Afghanistan tive team. However, there were some challenges that chief selector Dawlat Ahmadzai said in a statement. we needed to handle. We selected the best squad con- “However, we will take into account his form and fit- sidering factors such as experience, fitness, team bal- ness during upcoming practice matches.” ance, current form and conditions. Earlier this month, Afghanistan replaced long-serv- “We hope to play great cricket without any fear and ing ODI captain Asghar Afghan with Gulbadin Naib as with a fighting spirit in the tournament.” part of wholesale changes to the team’s leadership Wicketkeeper-batsman Ikram Ali Khil and the pace structure across formats.
    [Show full text]
  • Oshane Thomas, and Wales
    SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 16 Windies fire out warning day of the competition in England three wickets for paceman Moham- Amir had Shai Hope (11), Darren Oshane Thomas, and Wales. mad Amir on his World Cup Bravo (0) and Gayle caught in an in- • West Indies cruised to victo - debut after he missed the cisive six-over spell, but the batsmen Chris Gayle lead West ry in just 13.4 overs, Chris Gayle 2011 and 2015 tournaments had not put enough runs on the board Indies World Cup top-scoring with 50. He reached due to a spot-fixing ban of to give the bowlers a chance. rout of Pakistan his half-century off 33 balls with 2010. Pakistan’s sloppy and vulnerable three sixes and six fours before batting was cruelly exposed by some Oshane Thomas he was dismissed off the next short-pitched bowling by the West • ball he faced. Indies pacemen on a Trent Bridge took four wickets as During his innings Gayle, Oshane Thomas pitch famous for big totals. West Indies bowled who calls himself the “Uni- celebrates Opener Fakhar Zaman and Babar verse Boss”, broke the re - Babar Azam’s Azam were the joint top-scorers with Chris Gayle plays a shot Pakistan out for wicket 105 in their World cord for the most sixes hit in 22 each in an abysmal display of bat- World Cup history. ting. Cup match at He now has 40 maximums, The only other batsmen to reach Trent Bridge three more than retired South double figures were Riaz, who scored Pakistan African batsman A B de Villiers.
    [Show full text]