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KABUL: Afghans mourned the end of their T20 World Cup dreams on Thursday but said the cricket team’s performances in reaching a first semi-final gave them hope for the future. An all-male crowd of hundreds — among them armed Taliban — watched on two large screens at Kabul Cricket Stadium as South Africa thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets in Trinidad. Hopes had …

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