TThe Afghanistan Premier League (APL) (Pashto: د افغانستان غوره لیګ; Persian: لیگ برتر افغانستان), officially Gulbahar Afghanistan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was a Twenty20 cricket franchise tournament run by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), held in the United Arab Emirates.

[1][2])[3] The only tournament took place between 5 and 21 October 2018 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium,[4][1] with up to forty overseas players involved.

[8] In September 2018, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that they would not give No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to the active Pakistani players.

[9] In October 2018, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) denied to give NOCs to Mohammad Mithun and Soumya Sarkar.

[10] Balkh Legends won the title, after beating Kabul Zwanan by four wickets in the final.