I remember Australia and West Indies forfeiting their games during the 1996 Cricket World Cup when they refused to play in Sri Lanka during the civil war even t

I remember Australia and West Indies forfeiting their games during the 1996 Cricket World Cup when they refused to play in Sri Lanka during the civil war even though there was no real threat to the cricketers. But Sri Lanka, even at its worst, was not a basket case like Pakistan. With the collapse of the Afghan government and the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, you can't predict who the TTP and other militant organizations within Pakistan will target next.