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File photo of Afghan cricketers with the World Cup trophy when it toured their country. Afghanistan is trying to strengthen bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan.

Karachi: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is willing to send its national team to Pakistan to play One-Day Internationals (ODI) with the hope of reviving international cricket in the country, chief executive Noor Muhammad Murad said on Tuesday.

Murad went to Pakistan on a short trip recently with the hope of strengthening bilateral cricketing ties between both the countries. He later termed his trip "fruitful" after meeting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Sheharyar Khan. (Also read: Afghanistan cricketers set sights on World Cup 2015)

"Our focus and request was basically to play ODI matches with Pakistan. The Afghanistan board is ready to send the national team to various cities of Pakistan to help the revival of international cricket in the neighboring country (Pakistan)," he was quoted as saying by The Dawn newspaper.

Murad visited Pakistan along with the Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and held talks with top PCB officials before witnessing a friendly macth between Pakistan A and Afghanistan A in Islamabad Saturday.

Noor further said that the infrastructure in Afghanistan was still short of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) prerequisites. So they are willing to host Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) if a bilateral agreement is reached between the two boards.

"Considering the ICC regulations, we can also host them (Pakistan) in the UAE, that was the main focal point of the discussion", the Afghan official said.

"Initially he (the PCB chairman) showed his keenness to develop this kind of co-operation but we are still waiting for the implementation plan", he concluded.

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Published November 17, 2014

Oct. 21, 2014: Afghan National Army soldiers inspect the site of a road side bomb explosion(AP)

KABUL, Afghanistan A Taliban suicide bomber and two gunmen targeted a foreigners' compound in Kabul early on Tuesday, killing four people in the latest fatal blast to hit the Afghan capital.

The attack started with a small, explosives-laden truck ramming the gate of the compound housing foreigners on the city's eastern outskirts soon after sunrise, said Interior Ministry spokesman Seqid Sediqqi.

Once the gate was destroyed, the gunmen attempted to break into the compound, said Sediqqi's deputy, Najib Danesh.

Two Afghan security guards were among the four people killed, said the ministry. Three civilians were also wounded in the attack.

The area has several compounds housing foreign contracting and service companies, as well as international military bases, so the precise target was not immediately clear. The Afghan government's intelligence agency also has a branch nearby.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force said that none of its personnel were hurt in the attack.

Afghan First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum visited the blast site, along with members of the Afghan army's rapid reaction force. Dostum said the bombing "is the work of intelligence services" acting in collusion with the attackers.

There has been speculation over recent high-profile attacks in Kabul that insurgent groups have infiltrated security and intelligence agencies to get access to sites inside the heavily-guarded capital.

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