Afghanistan women's national volleyball team

Afghanistan
Nickname(s)	Flying Angels
Association	Afghanistan National Volleyball Federation
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Nasrin Khazani
FIVB ranking	– (as of 1 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Afghanistan women's national volleyball team represents Afghanistan in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches.

History

Afghanistan (left) playing against Azerbaijan (right) at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

In the 2010s, the Islamic Republic era, Afghanistan already has a women's national volleyball team.^[2]

After the 2021 Fall of Kabul to the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were barred from playing sports.

Despite this, Afghanistan had a women's national team, made up from its diaspora, at the 2022 Asian Games.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ "Afghanistan's 'Flying Angels' continue to strive for equality on volleyball court". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (11 November 2013). "Afghanistan gives beach volleyball a jump-start". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Afghanistan to send 17 female athletes to Asian Games". Reuters. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "'Follow Your Dreams' Says Afghan Women's Volleyball Team". Voice of America. Agency France-Presse. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Games-displaced Afghan women athletes defy Taliban at Asian Games". The Japan Times. Reuters. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Women's Volleyball Roster – Afghanistan" (PDF). Asian Games 2022. Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "KHAZANI Fatemeh Zahra". Asian Games 2022. Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

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