James Wickham and Matt Lines are joined by Afghan cricket writer and journalist Matiullah Abid, of The Voice of America, to look at cricket in Afghanistan.

Matiullah talks about the country's hero Rashid Khan, how cricket is providing a path out of war for the country's youth and how their international cricket journey is progressing.

This is the seventh in our country specials - you can hear the one on Bangladesh here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7185558-the-drinks-break-bangladesh-special-feb-19

and the Pakistan one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7229922-pakistan-special-april-2019

and the India one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7247851-india-special-may-2019

and the Australia one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7270652-australia-special-may-2019

and the Nepal one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7803337-cricket-in-nepal-with-rajan-shah

and the West Indies one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7810542-cricket-in-the-west-indies-with-carib-cricket-co-host-machel-st-patrick-hewitt

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