World Cup 2022 the ultimate goal for reborn Afghanistan


LONDON (Reuters) - The 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been beset by controversy, but for the visionaries bringing football back to life in Afghanistan it represents a shining, magical light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel.

"It is an almost impossible dream, but our dream is that Afghanistan, an Asian nation, takes part in an Asian World Cup in Qatar in eight years time," Sayed Ali Reza Aghazada, the general secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF), told Reuters.

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