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Tournament format could be extra motivation: Vukomanovic as Kerala Blaster
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 24 (ANI): Indian Super League (ISL) side Kerala Blasters FC, head coach Ivan Vukomanovic on Tuesday stated that the team is very pleased to participate in the 130th edition of the Durand Cup 2021. The ISL team will be making its debut in Asia's oldest football
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India's oldest football tournament Durand Cup returns for 130th edition
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 23 (ANI): Five Indian Super League (ISL) franchises and three I-League teams will be among 16-teams vying for the iconic Durand Cup football tournament, to be played in and around Kolkata between September 5-October 3, 2021.
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Pakistani soldiers clash with hundreds of Afghans at Chaman
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Pakistani soldiers clashed with hundreds of stranded Afghans who were fleeing for safety amid a Taliban offensive at the Durand-Crossing in the Chaman area.
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Kolkata to host 130th edition of Durand Cup from September 5 to October 3
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The Durand Cup, the world's third oldest and Asia's oldest football tournament, is poised to make a comeback after a year's hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Kolkata will host the four-week-long tournament, scheduled between September 5 and October 3, w
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Pakistan's Taliban gamble can be ruined by Pashtuns, says think tank
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16 (ANI): Pakistan's ride on the Taliban tiger could turn out to be short and fatal due to Islamabad's habit of missing crucial minefields of its own making, according to a think tank.
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Pak PM Imran Khan says will close Durand Line if Taliban forcibly seize po
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that Pakistan would close borders if the Taliban forcibly seized power in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan's 'Strategic Depth Policy' behind 'unbearable suffering' of Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 23 (ANI): Afghanistan diaspora in the Netherlands has blamed Pakistan 'Strategic Depth Policy' for the unbearable suffering of Afghans along both sides of the Durand Line.
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Pakistan ramps up Durand Line fencing despite backlash
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan has finished over 80 per cent of the Durand Line fencing along with Afghanistan despite facing backlash from the people on both side of the line.
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Afghanistan-Pakistan border an escape route for terrorists, transit point
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 19 (ANI): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Deputy Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Richard Rossmanith on Wednesday said that the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is a long-term challenge.
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Demand for Great Afghanistan revives rivalry, suspicion, resentment along
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 2 (ANI): Durand Line - the bone of contention between Afghanistan and Pakistan that divides the culturally and traditionally united Pashtuns and Balochs into two countries is once again in news due to the demand for Great Afghanistan, reported Afghanistan Times.
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Terror groups in Pakistan disrupting peace process in Afghanistan: India
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 11 (ANI): India on Wednesday (local time) launched a scathing attack on Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council, saying that Islamabad has been disrupting the peace process in Afghanistan by orchestrating violent attacks through terror groups like Al-Qaida, I
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Terrorist safe havens, sanctuaries operating across Durand Line must end f
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 20 (ANI): India on Friday at the United Nations (UN) said that as peace process and violence cannot go together, therefore for durable peace in Afghanistan there must be "an end to terrorist safe havens and sanctuaries operating across the Durand Line".
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