Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
competed at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...
in
Paris
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, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games, including game-eligible alternates in team sports.
Taekwondo
Afghanistan entered one athlete in the taekwondo event by finishing in third place in Asian Qualification Tournament.
See also
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Afghanistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Afghanistan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, its first Olympics since the 2021 Taliban offensive, return of Taliban rule in 2021 and the self-imposed exile of many of the country's leading athletes, especially women. It also marked t ...
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Afghanistan at the Paralympics
Afghanistan first competed at the Paralympic Games during the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, where it was represented by cyclists Gul Afzal and Zabet Khan.
Notes
References
External links
NPC Entries - Team Afghanistan - Paris 2024 Paralympicsalternate linkalternate link 2
{{Nations at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Nations at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
2024
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2024 in Afghan sport