The Afghan National Volleyball team left Kabul on Sunday for Bangladesh where they will take part in the Asian Central Zone Volleyball Championships due to start Thursday in Dhaka.
Fifteen members of the national team will take part in the tournament that is scheduled to last a week.
Afghanistan's Volleyball Federation has said that the team's performance will directly influence their Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) ranking.
"We have always faced powerful Asian teams in the competition which was hard for us. But in this competition we will face teams which are on the same level as us and we hope to get good results," the National Team Coach, Mohammad Yousuf Sadat said.
Abdullah Sediqqi, a member of the national team said that "we had training and we prepared for these competitions and we hope to win".
Also taking part in the contest is Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan and Tajikistan.
Fifteen members of the national team will take part in the tournament that is scheduled to last a week.
Afghanistan's Volleyball Federation has said that the team's performance will directly influence their Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) ranking.
"We have always faced powerful Asian teams in the competition which was hard for us. But in this competition we will face teams which are on the same level as us and we hope to get good results," the National Team Coach, Mohammad Yousuf Sadat said.
Abdullah Sediqqi, a member of the national team said that "we had training and we prepared for these competitions and we hope to win".
Also taking part in the contest is Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan and Tajikistan.

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