KABUL grow in the resource-deficient conflict-devastated country. Platini's visit to Kabul on Saturday comes amid a nationwide surge in interest in football after the national shocked India 2-0 in the final of the South Asian Football Federation championship earlier this…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One football player was killed and three others were wounded in a traffic accident in southern Helmand province, officials said on Monday. The players represented the Greshk Club that won an eight-team soccer tournament last night, the Afghanistan…
KABUL, the upper house of parliament, on Sunday announced a reward of two million afghanis (over $35,700) for the national soccer team that clinched the South Asian Football Federation Championship in Kathmandu. Thousands of people welcomed home the champions on…
KABUL (PAN): Thousands of people welcomed home their national football team and President Hamid Karzai embraced the players upon arrival at the Kabul International Airport from Nepal, where they beat India 2-0 to clinch the country’s first international trophy in…
KABUL football team on winning the nation’s first international soccer championship. The Afghan team bested India 2-0 to win its first international competition on Wednesday, the South Asian Football Federation Championship, which sparked a countrywide celebrations, with Afghan players dancing…
KABUL. The team arrived home about 9am and warmly welcomed by Karzai and high ranking government officials and fans. The national men's team beat India 2-0 to win the South Asian Football Federation championship in Kathmandu late on Wednesday, sending…
KABUL won their first international trophy in soccer on Wednesday, beating India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation Championship in the Nepalese capital Katmandu. The news of Afghanistan victory sent waves of happiness throughout the country, with enthusiast Afghans…
KABUL registered a pulsating 3-1 upset win over Sri Lanka in their Group B match of the eighth South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in Kathmandu, an official said on Wednesday. It was the second consecutive victory for the national…
KABUL, India and Bangladesh.Ali said Afghanistan would play their opening match against Bhutan on September 2 and against the Maldives on Sept. 6. He said the national side had gone through a tough training session ahead of the tournament.Footballer Syed…
KABUL’s football team 2-0 in a friendly encounter played in the neighbouring country ahead of next week’s South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Gold Cup, an official said on Monday. On Saturday, the national side beat Kyrgyzstan 1-0 in a similar…
KABUL’s female footballers triumphed 1-0 over Kyrgyzstan in a friendly encounter as part of preparations for the 2013 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Gold Cup, an official said on Sunday. Afghan coach Yousuf Kargar told Pajhwok Afghan News the match…
KABUL 3-0 in a friendly match, the first international soccer event to be hosted by Kabul in a decade, reviving memories of a 1977 clash between the two squads at the same venue. In the first half, Sanjar Ahmadi scored…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Featuring 90 teams, a football tournament has begun at the Ahmad Shahi playground in Kandahar City, the capital of southern Kandahar province, in the memory of a slain mayor, an official said on Tuesday. Named after former…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): The Haroon Popal Club has won a football tournament in southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Featuring 18 teams, the event got under way at the Karzai Stadium in Lashkargah 70 days, the provincial Olympic Committee…
KABUL): An under-16 girls’ football tournament began in Kabul on Saturday in connection with international mother’s day, an official said. Up to 140 girls representing 10 teams are taking part in the event arranged by the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee,…
LAKHARGAH (PAN): A 10-day football tournament aimed at promoting peace was underway in southern Helmand province, with Helmand beating Farah 4:3 in the opener, an official said on Thursday. Five clubs from southern and western provinces --- Kandahar, Ghazni, Farah,…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Herat defeated Jawzjan in the final of an inter-zonal football tournament at the Ahmad Shahi Stadium in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Herat lifted the trophy at stake by scoring five goals, with Jawzjan…
KABUL's football team defeated Sri Lanka 1-0 in its first match of the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup qualifiers in Laos on Saturday. Divided into five groups, 20 countries are participating in the annual competition, whose winners be qualify for…
KABUL Cup Asia Qualifiers in Doha, an official said on Friday. Late on Friday, Australia outplayed the national side 6-4 in a duel that produced a string of skillful moves and maneuvers. A day after Oman inflicted a crushing defeat…
KABUL Cup Asia Qualifiers in Doha, an official said on Thursday. The visitors were humiliated 7-0 in Wednesday’s utterly one-sided game, National Olympic Committee spokesman Mujibur Rahman told Pajhwok Afghan News. The Afghans, who trounced the hosts Qatar in the…
KABUL Cup Asia Qualifiers in Doha, an official said on Wednesday. The visitors outclassed the hosts 7-4 in Tuesday’s game, National Olympic Committee spokesman Mujibur Rahman told Pajhwok Afghan News. Sixteen nations are contesting the event. In the first half,…
KABUL’s Championship in Colombo, an official said on Friday. Grouped together with Nepal, the Maldives and Pakistan, Afghanistan finished second with four points after Nepal, which earned nine points, Afghan team’s manager Saboor Walizada told Pajhwok Afghan News. Afghanistan qualified…
