{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Exclusive Afghan Cricket Team: A Divisive Legacy of Ethnic Privilege","author_name":"Kabul Press - Investigative News & Analysis","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article240994.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article240994.html'\u003EExclusive Afghan Cricket Team: A Divisive Legacy of Ethnic Privilege\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the midst of the turbulent and deeply divided landscape of the so-called Afghanistan, cricket has emerged as an unlikely symbol of privilege and exclusivity. The Afghan cricket team, often portrayed as a unifying force for the nation, is anything but that. It consists entirely of Pashtun players with Pakistani origins and enjoys the overt support of the Taliban, while non-Pashtuns continue to face persecution in the country. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n From its inception, the Afghan cricket team was designed to (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}