Intense heat, parched pitch await Group D opener today .

Beckenbauer was provisionally banned from taking part in any football-related activity, at any level, for 90 days.

Defending champ ousted 7-6, 6-2 by Stepanek in third round.

Ghani says he would immediately form a small consortium of key donors, outline economic reforms within 30 days.

Outgoing President Hamid Karzai has also ordered all security personnel to remain neutral in Saturday's election.

After five years in captivity, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be treated at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas

Earlier, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Balochistan but officials said there were no reports of casualties

Officials and locals claim families and foreign fighters are crossing the border into Afghanistan.

Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah says he wants 'good neighborly relations' with Pakistan.

General Prayut Chan-O-Cha did not say whether the cabinet would be made up of civilians or military personnel.