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National squad for training camp in Saudi Arabia announced

The Taliban-run Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) on Thursday announced the list of players invited to the national football team’s training camp in Saudi Arabia.

The federation said that a training camp is planned for preparation for two matches against Qatar and Kuwait in the second qualifying phase of the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Nations Cup qualifiers.

The list includes Jamshid Achakzai, Faisal Saidkhel, Tofi Sekandari, Kivan Motaqian, Gulali Rahimi, Islamuddin Amiri, Owais Azizi, Yema Shirzad, Farid Sadat, Omid Popalzai, Sharif Mohammad, Rahmat Akbari, Sir Sadat, Mosvar Ahadi, Hamid Arzoo, Abdul Najam Heydari, Habibullah Askar, Jabar Shirzeh, Zulfiqar Nazari, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Seyed Morteza Fatemi, Mahboob Hanafi, Mohammad Naeem Rahimi, Bilal Arzoo, Hossein Zamani, and Omid Mousavi.