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| Nickname(s) | Flying Angels [1] | ||
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| Association | Afghanistan National Volleyball Federation | ||
| Confederation | AVC | ||
| Head coach | Nasrin Khazani | ||
| FIVB ranking | – (as of 30 May 2024) | ||
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The Afghanistan women's national volleyball team represents Afghanistan in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches.
In the 2010s, the Islamic Republic era, Afghanistan already has a women's national volleyball team. [2]
After the 2021 Fall of Kabul to the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were barred from playing sports.
Despite this, Afghanistan had a women's national team, made up from its diaspora, at the 2022 Asian Games. [3] [4] [5]
2022 — 13th place
2021 — Group stage
2019 — 5th place
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