No country has yet formally recognised the Taliban government but in the past three years the Kabul authorities have installed Taliban ambassadors in some neighbouring embassies.
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.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistan aircraft "bombed civilian homes" in Khost and Paktika provinces near the border with Pakistan at around 3:00 am (2230 GMT Sunday).
Commercial traffic ground to a halt Tuesday when Pakistan began requiring the crew of commercial vehicles to have passports and visas to enter, and Afghanistan responded by refusing to allow any trucks to pass.
Angelina Jolie expressed sadness on Instagram over Pakistan's forced relocation of over a million Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, leaving behind their properties.
