Afghanistan crisis: The Taliban announced that cricketers and cricket are safe in Afghanistan when they ruled previously and that they will promote the sport going forward. Anas Haqqani, a member of the Taliban's political office and negotiating team, made the comments during a meeting with members of the national cricket team. The conference was attended by national cricket team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, former cricket board selection committee chairman Asadullah and Noor Ali Zadran.

During the meeting, Haqqani convinced the cricket sector and promised to assess cricketers' problems immediately. During the meeting, the players thanked Anas Haqqani and his delegation and expressed their desire for support from the Taliban. This comes a few days after another member of the Taliban's political team, Sohail Shaheen, also expressed support for the cricket team and said he hoped to watch the planned Afghanistan-Pakistan matches.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are slated to play 3 ODIs from September 1 to 5 in Sri Lanka. Taliban members met with Asghar Stanikzai, former cricket captain and Naworoz Mangal a national team member in Kabul earlier in the week.

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