Kabul

KABUL - Afghan women seem to have gained in confidence in the absence of the Taliban, especially as far as sports are concerned, as many of them have been spotted playing football despite facing death threats.

KABUL - Former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif, who had been appointed as Afghanistan's batting coach, brushed aside any fear over security on his arrival here on Monday to begin his new stint.

As Andy Reid visited with injured soldiers in a hospital at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles couldn't get over how eager they were to return to action.

KABUL - England footballer David Beckham, who is in Afghanistan for a surprise visit to boost the morale of thousands of British troops serving in the country, has said that if he wasn't a footballer he would have gladly joined the Army.

KABUL - A senior British commander attached with the NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, has revealed that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, would "rather be watching Chelsea" play football than be involved in sorting out his nation's problems.owerful Wali Karzai has repeatedly been accused of having links with drug tafficking and corruption - which he denies.