Kandahar: Hundreds of jubilant Afghan cricket fans flooded onto the streets of major cities yesterday, dancing, waving flags and firing AK-47s in celebration at their team's historic World Cup win over Scotland.


Afghanistan fans celebrate their country's win in Jalalabad yesterday. Pic/AFP 

In Kandahar, the southern city once famous as the Taliban heartland and now a bastion of cricket, ecstatic fans danced in the streets and fired off their weapons — a traditional Afghan gesture of celebration.