Al Jazeera's Rahul Pathak reports from Dubai, where Afghanistan are bidding to qualify for their first major cricket tournament - the World Twenty20 in the West Indies. <br /><br />A place in the Caribbean would mean matches against the likes of India, Australia and South Africa.<br /><br />But first up is a historic meeting with the US, a country whose troops are still fighting in Afghanistan nearly nine years after launching their military campaign.<br /><br />With a place in the last stages of qualifying up for grabs, both sides are forgetting the hype and insisting it is just another game.<br /><br />For more sports news and features go to http://english.aljazeera.net/sport.<br /><br />February 11, 2010.
