The Afghanistan cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play Zimbabwe from 25 December 2015 to 10 January 2016.

[1] All the matches took place at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.

[2] Afghanistan won the ODI series 3–2 and made the top ten of the ODI rankings for the first time.

Following the conclusion of the series, Afghan batsman Mohammad Shahzad entered the ICC's T20I batting rankings in eighth place.

His teammate Dawlat Zadran entered the ICC's list for best bowlers in T20I cricket, also in eighth place.