HONG KONG: Afghanistan begin their first World Cup qualifying campaign since the Taliban’s return to power on Thursday with head coach Abdullah Al-Mut...
: Afghanistan begin their first World Cup qualifying campaign since the Taliban’s return to power on Thursday with head coach Abdullah Al-Mutairi (Afghanistan, who have never gone close to securing a place at the World Cup, are hoping to advance to the second round of Asia’s preliminaries for the 2026 finals but Al-Mutairi and his squad face a number of challenges.
“Everyone is thinking all of us are monsters but this is not true,“ the Kuwaiti coach told Reuters of how his team have been perceived since the Taliban returned to power two years ago.“We are only a football team. It’s so difficult but we try our best.” The winner of Afghanistan’s playoff will take on 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar as well as India and Al-Mutairi’s native Kuwait, with the top two finishers advancing to the next phase of qualifying.
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