Kabul/IBNS, Oct. 18 -- The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has pulled out of a tri-nation T20I series involving Pakistan after three young Afghan cricketers died in military strikes by Islamabad at the border.

The cricketers who died have been identified as Kabeer, Sibghatullah and Haroon.

The ACB wrote on X, "The Afghanistan Cricket Board expresses its deepest sorrow and grief over the tragic martyrdom of the brave cricketers from Urgun District in Paktika Province, who were targeted this evening in a cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime.

"... The players had earlier traveled to Sharana, the capital of Paktika province, to participate in a friendly cricket match. After returning home to Urgun, they were targeted during ...