Aussie camp rocked by fresh concern
Australia’s World Cup campaign has suffered another blow with a star batter in doubt for the game against Afghanistan.
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Smith’s health battle on eve of critical Afghanistan clash
The Aussie side has battled a lack of availability across the World Cup, with Steve Smith the latest batsman to come under a cloud on the eve of Australia’s game against Afghanistan.
CA responds to Afghanistan call after double standard claim
After being called out publicly by an Afghanistan player for a World Cup double standard, Cricket Australia has weighed in.
Opium production cut by 95pc
The report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime found that cultivation fell from 233,000ha to 10,800ha this year.
Fiery clash looms as Aussies lashed for ‘double standard’
With a World Cup semi-final spot on the line, Australia and Afghanistan already have plenty to play for – but Naveen-ul-Haq has poured petrol on the fire of a spicy clash.
Selection squeeze looms as Aussies close in on semis
Australia has moved to within one win of booking a semi-final spot at the cricket World Cup after victory against England. But with two stars set to return, a selection squeeze is coming.
Pakistan pushes fleeing Taliban refugees back into Afghanistan
The deportation drive comes as relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have frayed.
What are we looking at in this remarkable microscopic image?
Hassanain Qambari took out top prize this month in the global Nikon Small World competition for this shot, aided by research assistant Jayden Dickson.
World Cup Predictor: How SA debacle impacts Australia
Australia’s World Cup hopes got a shot in the arm after they clicked into gear as rivals stumbled, but can they make the semis? DANIEL CHERNY rates the chances of every team.
CA clears path to play Taliban ruled Afghanistan
Australia will play the giant-slaying Afghanistan men’s team in the group phase of the 2023 World Cup despite cancelling a bilateral ODI series in March over human rights issues.
England World Cup defence in tatters after all-time boilover
Afghanistan came into their game against England on a 14-match losing World Cup streak and pulled off one of the tournament’s biggest upsets ever.
British army ‘was told SAS lied to justify killing of Afghans’
British military officers were warned SAS units were planting evidence to justify the killings of dozens of innocent civilians during raids in Afghanistan, an inquiry has been told.
The last place on Earth that needs another crisis
After decades of conflict and natural disaster, Afghanistan has been hit by another catastrophe, leaving its already crippled health system struggling to cope.
Death toll soars in Afghanistan
The toll in western Afghanistan rises to more than 2000 as bodies continue to be pulled from demolished villages and buried in mass graves.
Afghan quake toll rises to more than 1000
The epicentre of the magnitude-6.3 quake was 40km northwest of Herat, and was followed by eight aftershocks between 4.3 and 6.3.
Inside America’s first mission in Afghanistan
The riveting story of America’s plan to quickly strike Al Qaida and the Taliban is told in the first episode of Netflix hit Spy Ops.
War crime probe given access to BRS docs
The investigator into alleged war crimes is allowed to access restricted documents from Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation trial.
Senator’s final plea: ‘Never look away’
Outgoing NSW senator and foreign minister Marise Payne has used her final speech to the Senate to appeal to the world to ‘never look away’ from injustice.
Ben Roberts-Smith fights calls for ‘sensitive’ court files
Lawyers for decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith are working to avoid the ‘inadvertent leakage’ of sensitive information collected during an inquiry.
Afghan terror threat re-emerges
Islamist extremists take up US arms left behind.
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