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KARACHI (Reuters) - Afghanistan's long-serving coach, former Pakistan test bowler Kabir Khan, has resigned less than six months before his team take part in their first 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

"The job requires a lot of travelling and this has affected my family life a lot and I now have to give them proper time," Kabir told Reuters.

"I was not enjoying my job and so I decided it was time to resign and the Afghanistan Cricket Board accepted my decision."

Kabir, a left-arm seamer who played four tests and 10 ODIs for Pakistan, has had two stints as coach after first becoming involved with Afghanistan cricket in 2007.

Under him Afghanistan gained full one-day international status and have also qualified for the World Twenty20 three times.

The 50-over World Cup starts on Feb. 14.

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Afghanistan's cricket coach resigned on Tuesday, saying the job was putting too much strain on his family, dealing the side a major blow in their preparations for next year's World Cup.

Kabir Khan, who played four Tests and 10 one-day internationals for Pakistan, led minnows Afghanistan to qualification for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

In his first stint as coach, starting in 2007, Khan took Afghanistan from international division five to one and helped them gain full one-day status from the International Cricket Council.

"I have resigned from coach's post," the 40-year-old told AFP by phone from the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

"The simple reason is that my family was suffering from my being away on tours and I was not enjoying coaching."

Most of the Afghan players learnt the game in refugee camps in neighbouring Pakistan during the occupation by the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Under Khan, Afghanistan qualified for three World Twenty20 events in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Khan denied his resignation would hurt Afghanistan.

"I think qualifying for the World Cup was more important than playing it so I don't think my not being there will affect the performance, " said Khan, whose first stint came to an end after interference in his work by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2010.

He denied this was a factor this time.

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