They were bowled out for 179 within 39 overs, the lowest total in the tournament this year - and it sealed South Africa's path into the semi-finals as England will not be able to win by a big enough margin to put Afghanistan in second spot via their net run rate.
Afghanistan knocked England out of the Champions Trophy on Wednesday with a thrilling eight-run victory in Lahore.
More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women's team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a first step on the path to full internationals.
Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai built on an impressive 2023 to become one of the world’s leading One Day International performers in 2024, with his right-arm pace bowling and multi-faceted batting game helping take the Afghanistan team to a new level.
Bangladesh need 236 runs to win.
Australia, Canada, Germany and The Netherlands announced in New York they were initiating the proceedings, which could lead to a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Alcohol is outlawed in Afghanistan but caffeine-rich energy drinks are consumed by all, from secret police to children, and advertised on billboards more than even Taliban state propaganda.
The venue, which is hosting its first Test, has come under scrutiny for lacking world-class facilities and basic drainage.
Afghanistan's Taliban government does not recognise the three female athletes who will represent the country at the Paris Olympic Games this month, a spokesman for their sports department said.
Gunmen attack the communications ministry in the centre of Kabul, interrupting months of relative calm in the Afghan capital and underlining security threats that have continued despite efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban.
Nine Afghan policemen are killed when Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints and launched a follow-up ambush in the eastern Afghanistan city of Ghazni, officials say.
Navigating pigs and goats as they practise on a dusty paddock, a group of young East Timorese are hoping to copy the fairy-tale rise of Afghanistan by making it as Asia's latest emerging cricket nation.
The Taliban yesterday killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province, a senior defence official said.
After a year of record bloodshed, Afghans are bracing for an even deadlier 2019 with the threat of a US drawdown and a looming presidential vote likely to fuel violence.
Nearly 170 Afghans were killed or wounded in poll-related violence yesterday, officials said, as the legislative election turned chaotic with many polling centres opening hours late -- or not at all -- due to technical glitches and lack of staff.
Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban announces.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani reject resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government says.
The Bangladesh team management's biggest concern heading into the new season, which will begin in June with the upcoming three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, is finding a stable opening partner for Tamim Iqbal in all three formats.
Afghan security forces battled a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad in a coordinated attack that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, local officials say.
