The ACB shared pictures and put up a lengthy post on its X account. \u201cACB Chairman @MirwaisAshraf16, along with several national players including @RahmatShah_08, Zahir Khan, Fareed Malik, and Shabir Noori, as well as several ACB officials, visited Paktika Province yesterday to meet with the families of those martyred in the recent Pakistani airstrikes. During the visit, Ashraf and the delegation expressed their heartfelt condolences and solidarity with the bereaved families and offered prayers for the swift recovery of the injured.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mirwais Ashraf said, \u201cOur young players\u2019 dreams were shattered. They had great hopes and ambitions for a prosperous Afghanistan, but the enemies of humanity and peace have cruelly buried those hopes. On behalf of the ACB, I express my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims. We stand with them in this painful time and are deeply grieved by this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cFollowing the prayer and condolence ceremony, Ashraf, accompanied by the national players, also visited the site where the young cricketers were laid to rest, offering prayers for their souls and paying tribute to their memory,\u201d the post added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mirwais Ashraf said, \u201cOur young players\u2019 dreams were shattered. They had great hopes and ambitions for a prosperous Afghanistan, but the enemies of humanity and peace have cruelly buried those hopes. On behalf of the ACB, I express my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims. We stand with them in this painful time and are deeply grieved by this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier this week, Afghanistan withdrew from a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka scheduled for next month, as retaliation for the airstrikes. Afghanistan was to take part in the tri-series in Lahore and Rawalpindi from November 5 to 29.<\/p>\r\n\r\n