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Ireland agree to Afghanistan series despite 'discomfort'

RTE 1 min read 2 hours ago

Ireland's men's cricketers will play a One Day International (ODI) series against Afghanistan at Bready in Tyrone and Stormont in Belfast, even though the ruling Taliban in the county will not allow women to play sport and the majority of the Afghan women's side have fled into exile in Australia.
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