{ "id": "179898", "author": "26", "cnmid": "", "title": "3 Afghanistan Cricketers Killed In Attack On Pakistan Border", "lang": "en", "series": "1", "cup_year": "2025", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country's cricket board said on Friday. The ACB", "subtype": null, "editor1": "

Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country's cricket board said on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The ACB said that the players had travelled from Urgun to Sharana in the eastern Paktika province on the Pakistan border to take part in a friendly match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It said that "after returning home to Urgun, they were targeted during a gathering" in what it described as "a cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The ACB named the three players as "Kabeer, Sibghatullah and Haroon", and said that five other people were also killed in the attack.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The ACB did not give any more details on the attack.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It said that it "considers this a great loss for Afghanistan's sports community, its athletes, and the cricketing family", while extending its "deepest condolences and solidarity to the bereaved families".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The ACB said that it had decided to withdraw from next month's tri-series "as a gesture of respect to the victims".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The massacre of innocent civilians and our domestic cricket players by these oppressors is a heinous, unforgivable crime," wrote Afghan international cricketer Fazalhaq Farooqi on Facebook.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Another international player, Mohammad Nabi, added: "This incident is not only a tragedy for Paktika but for the entire Afghan cricket family and the nation as a whole."
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