"I have submitted my resignation to the Afghanistan
cricket board and they have accepted it although my contract was until the end
of July," Latif, who had been in the job for a year, told Reuters.
Latif, who played in 37 Test matches, said Afghanistan had
great passion and potential despite losing all three matches against the
Pakistan A side in last month's series.
"But I feel that when I can't deliver with the team and
the performance is also not upto my expectations, it is no use my continuing as
coach," he said.
"The truth is I was not satisfied that my association
with the team was producing the desired results."
Cricket has flourished in the country after being introduced
by Afghans who were raised in Pakistan, in particular Peshawar.
The national side, which cannot play its home games in
Afghanistan because of the security situation, narrowly missed out on
qualifying for the this year's World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
Afghanistan
joined the International Cricket Council in 2001 and has one-day international
status until 2013.
