{"id":100116,"date":"2025-10-19T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shahid-afridi-labeled-afghans-as-ungrateful\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:00:14","slug":"shahid-afridi-labeled-afghans-as-ungrateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shahid-afridi-labeled-afghans-as-ungrateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Shahid Afridi labeled Afghans as Ungrateful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The reverberations of recent border hostilities have provoked a stunning public censure from former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi, who has unequivocally accused Afghanistan of \u201cingratitude.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His address on the social media platform \u2018X\u2019 was less a statement and more a poignant lament, articulating a crushing disillusionment with the tragic fracturing of a decades-long kinship.<\/p>\n<p>Shahid Afridi proceeded with an uncompromising inventory of Pakistan\u2019s profound sacrifices, emphasizing the nation\u2019s unwavering role as a guardian who fully embraced and internalized the suffering of its<strong> Afghan \u201cbrothers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This support was defined by an historic, unparalleled humanitarian act: Pakistan opened its borders, providing sanctuary to an estimated four million Afghan refugees.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u067e\u0627\u06a9\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u06c1\u0645\u06cc\u0634\u06c1 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06d2 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u06be\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u06d2 \u0633\u0627\u062a\u06be \u06a9\u06be\u0691\u0627 \u0631\u06c1\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u06cc \u0645\u0634\u06a9\u0644\u0627\u062a \u06a9\u0648 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06cc \u0645\u0634\u06a9\u0644 \u0633\u0645\u062c\u06be\u0627 \u06d4 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06cc \u0633\u0631\u062d\u062f\u06cc\u06ba \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06d2 \u0628\u06be\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u06d2 \u0644\u06cc\u06d2 \u06a9\u06be\u0648\u0644 \u062f\u06cc\u06ba \u06d4 \u0686\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u0633 \u0644\u0627\u06a9\u06be \u0645\u06c1\u0627\u062c\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u0648 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06cc \u0633\u0631 \u0632\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u067e\u0631 \u0628\u0633\u0627\u06cc\u0627 \u06d4 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0630\u0627\u062a\u06cc \u0637\u0648\u0631 \u067e\u0631 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06d2 \u0648\u0633\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0645\u0637\u0627\u0628\u0642 350 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646 \u06af\u06be\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u06cc \u062f\u06cc\u06a9\u06be \u0628\u06be\u0627\u0644 \u06a9\u0631\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u0648\u06ba \u0644\u06cc\u06a9\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u062a\u06c1\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u0633\u0648\u0633 \u0633\u06d2 \u06a9\u06c1\u0646\u0627\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAfridiOfficial\/status\/1979444529704112370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former star even personalized the betrayal, revealing his own ongoing charitable work:<strong> \u201cI personally look after 350 Afghan families with my own resources.\u201d He then stated, with deep regret, that Afghanistan\u2019s recent actions have amounted to a \u201cforgetting of all these favours.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shahid Afridi condemned the \u201copen aggression\u201d witnessed at the border, which was forcefully countered by the Pakistan Army.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded with a sharp, politically charged warning:<\/p>\n<p>The final plea was direct:<strong> \u201cAfghanistan must realize that Pakistan is its brotherly Islamic country.\u201d He issued a stern caution, warning them against being manipulated into serving the interests of any state that is simultaneously supporting terrorists inside Pakistan, thereby suggesting Afghanistan had become an unwitting tool against its closest ally.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His message serves as a final, bitter plea for a return to neighborly trust.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reverberations of recent border hostilities have provoked a stunning public censure from former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi, who has unequivocally accused Afghanistan of \u201cingratitude.\u201d His address on the social media platform \u2018X\u2019 was less a statement and more a poignant lament, articulating a crushing disillusionment with the tragic fracturing of a decades-long kinship. 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