Afghanistan's newly appointed head coach Richard Pybus has insisted that he does not have any problems working in the war-torn nation.

International cricket is yet to start in Afghanistan due to their political climate, which has prompted their foreign coaches to be based outside their country and only work with the cricketers ahead of their international campaign in the United Arab Emirates or India, considering Greater Noida, Dehradun and Lucknow have all hosted Afghanistan's "home" international matches apart from the UAE, where they play their home matches at present.

Cricbuzz earlier reported that unlike the past, the Afghanistan Cricket had decided that their new head coach and coaching staff will have to work in Afghanistan, even as they were looking to get a replacement for long-serving coach Jonathon Trott, who departed following their campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup, completing a nearly four-year stint.

When ACB announced Richard Pybus as their new head coach quite a few eyebrows were raised whether he would agree to stay in Afghanistan and work. When asked by Cricbuzz regarding the matter on Wednesday, he sounded excited about the prospect of working in different provinces inside Afghanistan.

"No (didn't have any second thoughts about coming and working in Afghanistan). I don't have any issues with it," Pybus told this website as he prepares to take charge for the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka, scheduled from mid-March.

"You know, I've lived in lots of different parts of the world and so I am fine with it," he said.

"I'm looking forward to that and I'm really looking forward to coming and seeing the talent that is in the country," he said.

"I've heard fantastic things about it (Afghanistan) and you know I love the fact that you've just got this really incredible cricket culture. I mean, to see the evolution of cricket within the country, how they've moved so quickly to be able to play at a level where they are equal to, and on their day better than, the top sides in the world," he said.

"We've seen that over the last couple of World Cups. And to have a look at this talent, you know, it's quite exceptional," he said.

"So, I'm looking forward to getting out into the provinces and being able to scout players and work with the selectors and get busy on the development of the players and that isn't necessarily, you know, you're not necessarily developing players when you're in series," he said.

"The development of the players is the work which you do behind the scenes outside of the series," he said.

"The side's really developed over a period of time so, as we would have seen at the last couple of World Cups, they're a really serious cricket team now and so yeah very excited," he said.

Pybus said that, for now, his major focus will be on developing relationships with the cricketers but more importantly know the depth chart as he feels that will make all the difference in the long run.

"So for now it's getting to know the players, getting to know the leadership, settling with the team," said Pybus.

"I need to get to know the players, I need to settle in with the leadership. You know, they've really, really developed into an excellent white-ball format team. There are the incumbents who are in the one-day side and the T20 side, but it's also important to understand what is the talent below that.

"You know, you're as good as the strength and depth in your system and so that's going to be a really key focus," he said.

"You can have critical injuries and then your side is weakened. So, strengthening up the depth, getting competition for spots, supporting the players who are there and helping to develop them, and really just getting an assessment of where the sides are at and where the system is at," he added.

Pybus added that for the moment he is keen to make a good start as they prepare for the series against Sri Lanka comprising three T20Is and as many ODIs.

The series will begin with its T20I leg and will see both teams go head-to-head in the first T20I match scheduled for March 13 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, with the second and third T20Is scheduled to be played on the 15th and 17th of March at the same venue. The action will then shift to Dubai for the ODI series, with matches scheduled to be held on March 20, 22, and 25 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

"First and foremost getting our focus on that series (against Sri Lanka) as they're an excellent white-ball side and we are looking to play excellent cricket," he concluded.