The Afghanistan national football team is the national football team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. Founded in 1922, they played their first international game against Iran in Kabul, 1941. Afghanistan then joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954, as one of the founding members. They play their home games at the Ghazi National Olympic Stadium in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. In 2013, Afghanistan won the 2013 SAFF Championship and earned the "FIFA Fair Play Award". Afghanistan has never qualified for the AFC Asian Cup.
Ariana Radio & Television Network (ATN) is a private television network based in Kabul, Afghanistan. The channel was launched in 2005 by Afghan-American entrepreneur Ehsan Bayat, who is also the owner of Afghan Wireless. ATN began broadcasting internationally in 2006 and offers terrestrial coverage in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
The Kabul Premier League, also known as Kabul City League, was the first domestic football club league in Afghanistan. It was established in 1946, comprising 12 clubs. Other regional or city leagues existed in the 1970s in Herat, Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif. The main venue was the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul, and games were held on different days due to lack of stadiums. It was replaced by the Afghan Premier League.
The Afghanistan women's national football team was the women's national team of Afghanistan until the fall of Kabul in August 2021. They played under the authority of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF).
Sport in Afghanistan is managed by the General Directorate of Olympics, Physical Education and Sports, currently headed by Ahmadullah Wasiq. Currently, cricket and association football (soccer) are the most popular sports in Afghanistan. The Afghan Sports Federation has promoted many types of sports, including basketball, bodybuilding, boxing, bowling, cricket, football, golf, mountaineering, paragliding, skating, skiing, snooker, taekwondo, track and field, volleyball, and weightlifting. The traditional sport of Afghanistan has been Buzkashi, which is now occasionally seen in the northern parts of the country.
Abdul Khaliq Hussaini is an ambassador for peace, journalist, social and community activist. Currently, he works as an international affairs journalist for Khaama Press, a leading news agency for Afghanistan. He was also a candidate of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Afghanistan's National Assembly, for Kabul Province in 2018. He secured 3,000 votes.
The Afghan Premier League, also known as Rahmani Foundation Afghan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was a former professional men's football league run by the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) for Football in Afghanistan. It was the country's primary competition for the sport. The league was contested by eight teams. The competition commenced in September 2012. Seasons usually ran from September to October followed by a finals series involving the top two highest-placed teams in each of the two tables of four teams. The national champion gained qualification into the continental competition. Most games were played at the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium in Kabul.
Massoud Nawabi also known as Ustad Nawabi, was an Afghan poet, writer, and founder of the Educational Committee for Afghan Refugees (ECAR), Afghan Cultural Center, Ghulam Habib Nawabi, Chief Administrator of the Afghan Ibn-e-Sina University and Principle of Ariana Mahajir High School. Massoud Nawabi was the Son of Ghulam Habib Nawabi, who was the last of the great Persian Poet and among the first to introduce modern Dari poetry to Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium, also known as AFF Stadium, is located southeast of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, next to the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee. The stadium hosts major football matches.
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in South-Central Asia, primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan. ISIS–K seeks to destabilize and replace current governments within the historic Khorasan region with the goal of establishing a caliphate across South and Central Asia, governed under a strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, which they plan to expand beyond the region.
The supreme leader of Afghanistan, officially the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and also referred to by his religious title Amir al-Mu'minin, is the absolute ruler, head of state, and national religious leader of Afghanistan, as well as the leader of the Taliban. The supreme leader wields unlimited authority and is the ultimate source of all law.
Sanaullah Ghafari, better known under his nom de guerre, Shahab al-Muhajir is an Afghan militant who is serving as the Emir of the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) since 2020.
Mohsen Rezaee is an Afghan taekwondo practitioner and member of the national taekwondo team in Afghanistan.
Shayak Dost is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays for Afghanistan Champions League club Adalat Farah on loan from WAPDA and the Pakistan national team. Primarily a left winger, Dost can also be deployed as a left midfielder or left wing-back.
Attack Energy Football Club is an Afghan professional football club from Herat that currently plays in the Afghanistan Champions League. The club is managed by former Afghan international Ali Yarzada.
Abu Muslim Football Club is an Afghan professional football club from Farah that currently plays in the Afghanistan Champions League.
The 2022 Afghanistan Champions League was the second season of Afghanistan Champions League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2021. The season began on 6 November 2022 and ended on 9 December 2022. Attack Energy head into the season as the champions. Azadi Club and Atalan Club were relegated into the end of the season.
The 2024 Afghanistan Champions League was the third season of Afghanistan Champions League, the Afghan league for football clubs, since its establishment in 2021. The season began on 20 April. Twelve clubs participated for a total of sixty-six matches. All matches were played at the 6,000-capacity Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium in Kabul.
