International football returns in Afghanistan after 10 years

KABUL: Afghanistan's action-starved football fans are predicting a morale-boosting victory for the national side in their first home game for 10 years when they take on Pakistan Tuesday. The match at the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) stadium in Kabul has sparked major interest in the war-torn country, with a sell-out crowd expected at the afternoon game. Afghanistan, ranked 139th in the world, last played at home in 2003 in a clash against Turkmenistan and have not played Pakistan,

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