By Farangis Najibullah and Safiullah Stanikzai Cricket was one of the few sports in Afghanistan to survive the rule of the Taliban. Now, the wildly popular sporting import is poised to leave the playground and enter the classroom. Afghanistan's Education Ministry is teaming up with the country's cricket board (ACB) to make cricket a compulsory class in Afghan schools as early as January. According to the board's chief executive officer, Bashir Stanikzai, the idea is to help develop the sport in Afghanistan, spot talent, and turn the country into a force in the international cricketing arena. "We want to develop cricket in a proper way, and schools will be a big project," he says. "If we...
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