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| Name | Joy as Afghanistan wins its first international football trophy, beating India |
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| Video Discription | (11 Sep 2013) Kabul residents, young and old, celebrated on Wednesday as the Afghan football team won its first ever international football trophy. The Afghans beat India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation Championship in a tough match. Residents later took to the streets to celebrate the win, hanging out of car windows, cheering and waving Afghan flags. "I am very happy, I can not control myself," said football fan Ahmad Yama. Another fan, Esmatullah Rahmati, saw the win as transcending sport and hoped it might reshape the way Afghanistan is perceived. "Foreigners recognise Afghans and Afghanistan as terrorists, suicide attackers ..." he said. "If you watch closely, Afghanistan has done very well in football, cricket and other sports in a very short period of time." Mustafa Azadzoi put Afghanistan ahead early in the first half at Dashrath Stadium, and Sanjar Ahmadi doubled the lead in the second. When it was over, the Afghan players danced around the field with Afghan flags draped on their shoulders. The win over India avenged the team's loss in the SAFF Championship final two years ago, when India beat the Afghans 4-0. The Afghans, who were a founding member of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954, have a long football history but only recently re-emerged on the world scene after decades of war and insurgency. When the Taliban ruled the country from 1996-2001, they severely restricted sports and football stadiums were used to stage executions of those who ran afoul of the Islamist movement's harsh laws. After the US ousted the Taliban in 2001, sports in the country were reborn. Although Afghanistan has never played at the World Cup, or even at the Asian Cup, the country has been getting better in recent years, rising up the FIFA rankings to No. 139 on the latest list. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c93e932b49b6f6677d3fd474af72a070 |
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