Afghanistan’s first match will be against______.

Afghanistan will play soccer at the Asian Games. Mongolia’s withdrawal has given the war-torn nation a confidence boost.
     The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced in a statement yesterday that Afghanistan would play in the  Under-23 Tournament at the games in Busan. Afghanistan’s first match will be against Iran on September 2The group’s other teams are Qatar and Lebanon.
     Afghanistan was a founding member of the confederation in the 1950s before entering long periods of war and factional fighting. The country’s chaos was largely ended after US-led forces overthrew the Taliban regime last year in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
     During the soccer World Cup in June, the president of Afghanistan’s Football Association (AFA), Abdul Alim Kohistani, said he hoped his country would be able to take part in the Asian Games.