Three Afghan cricketers killed in assault: cricket board

Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation sequence with Pakistan and Sri Lanka subsequent month after three native cricketers had been killed in an assault, the nation’s cricket board stated on Friday (October 17, 2025).

The ACB stated that the gamers had travelled from Urgun to Sharana within the jap Paktika province on the Pakistan border to participate in a pleasant match.

It stated 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”.

The ACB named the three gamers as “Kabeer, Sibghatullah and Haroon”, and stated that 5 different individuals had been additionally killed within the assault.

The ACB didn’t give any extra particulars on the assault.

It stated that it “considers this a great loss for Afghanistan’s sports community, its athletes, and the cricketing family”, whereas extending its “deepest condolences and solidarity to the bereaved families”.

The ACB stated that it had determined to withdraw from subsequent month’s tri-series “as a gesture of respect to the victims”.

“The massacre of innocent civilians and our domestic cricket players by these oppressors is a heinous, unforgivable crime,” wrote Afghan worldwide cricketer Fazalhaq Farooqi on Facebook.

Another worldwide participant, 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.”