Afghanistan celebrates historic win over Australia in T20 World Cup

The win saw jubilation in the streets in the isolated Taliban-governed country.

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Footage from the city of Khost near the border with Pakistan showed hundreds of people celebrating in the streets.

It was the first time Afghanistan has triumphed over the cricketing superpower - and all the more surprising given that at the turn of the century, the country didn't even have a national team.

Collecting the player-of-the-match award, Afghanistan's Gulbadin Naib said: “It is a great moment, not only for me but my nation, my people."

Meanwhile captain Rashid Khan said the win would "give people back home so much hope".

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