Zohib Islam Amiri is a current Afghanistan international who made the most out of his circumstances growing up as a refugee in Pakistan to playing football in top clubs across the Indian Subcontinent. Q: How did you get into football? A: I have to thank my brothers for…

“Before Taliban it was football and after Taliban it was football….” On December 11th, 2011 – a dejected 20-year-old Zohib Islam Amiri knew he would have to work a lot harder to prove his credentials on the international stage. Afghanistan had just lost in the finals of the…

As Haroon Fakhruddin’s wayward pass/cross scraped through the entire Indian midfield to land on the right foot of Belal Arezou in the 9th minute, there was a moment of hope that something was possibly about to happen. And it happened. Afghanistan under the patient guidance of Mohammad Yousef…

When you think of international players, you would think of players plying their trade in top-flight football. Though, finding those from lower divisions is not an absolute rarity. However, its highly unusual to find an international playing in the fifth tier, which is currently the case of Mustafa…