Melbourne, March 19 -- Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday announced its decision to postpone its upcoming tour of men's bilateral series against Afghanistan while citing deteriorating human rights conditions in the Asian country.

As a part of ICC's Future Tours Program, Afghanistan and Australia were set to play a three-match T20 series which was slated for August this year.

But CA has postponed the tour following the advice from the Australian government, as quoted from cricket.com.au, "that conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan are getting worse".

This is the third time, CA has refused to play Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the Asian country in September 2021.

In November 2021, Afghanistan was set to play Austr...