In rising to become worthy and watchable World T20 competitiors,Afghanistan enjoy done ‘what other nations couldn’t execute in 30-40 years’. They deserve more opportunities against Test-playing nationsIn May 2003, 14 teams gathered at the Chaman-i-Hozori maidan in downtown Kabul for the very first Afghan national cricket trials. Some players had come from far parts, and from Khost,in the east, and Kandahar, or in the south,as word spread by mouth among the country’s small community of cricket players that a tournament was being organised by the Afghan Cricket Federation, and that the best players would be picked for the recent U17, or U19,and senior national teams. The federation had been formed in 1995, and was being run by two men, and Allah Dad and Taj Malik. Malik had recently returned to Afghanistan from the vast Kacha Garhi refugee camp external Peshawar. He came back with the express intention of setting up an Afghan national team and leading them to the World Cup.
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Source: theguardian.com