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| Country |  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
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| Code | AFG |
| Created | 1920 |
| Recognized | 1936 |
| Continental Association | OCA |
| Headquarters | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| President | Hafizullah Wali Rahimi (president, recognized byIOC) Ahmadullah Wasiq (rival acting president, unrecognized by IOC) |
| Secretary General | Younas Popalzai |
| CEO | Dad Mohammad Paida Akhtari[1] |
| Website | www.olympic.af |
TheNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto:د افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوریت د المپیک ملي کمیټه,Dari:کمیته ملی المپیک جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان, IOC code:AFG), formerly known asAfghanistan National Olympic Committee (Pashto:کمیته ملی المپیک افغانستان,Dari:کمیته ملی المپیک افغانستان), is theNational Olympic Committee representingAfghanistan. The Committee is currently in exile and presided byHafizullah Wali Rahimi.TheTaliban regime established a rival committee, known asGeneral Directorate of Olympics, Physical Education and Sports (Pashto:د المپیک، فزیکي زده کړو او سپورت عمومي ریاست,Dari:ریاست عمومی المپیک، تربیت بدنی و ورزش), following their takeover of the country in 2021,which has not been recognised by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC).
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The Olympic committee was created in 1920, but was recognized in 1936, in time forAfghanistan's Olympic debut at the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin,Germany.
The committee counsels Afghanistan’s Olympic movement and organises the participation of athletes in Olympic sports to representAfghanistan at theSummer Olympics andSummer Youth Olympic, and also theAsian Games. Committee presidents are elected at Extraordinary General Assemblies (EGAs).
Hafizullah Wali Rahimi was elected as president of the committee in 2018. Following the 2021Taliban takeover,Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen was appointed in his place. However, as of the2022 Asian Games (held in 2023) and the2024 Summer Olympics,[update] theOlympic Council of Asia andInternational Olympic Committee continue to recognize Rahimi as president.[2][3][4][5] Rahimi has been described by the IOC as a president in exile.[6]
In May 2024, the Taliban government, in violation of theOlympic Charter[opinion], merging the National Olympic Committee with the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sport to form the General Directorate of Olympics, Physical Education and Sports, currently headed byAhmadullah Wasiq.[failed verification][7]
| President | Term |
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| Mohammad Anwar Jekdalek | 2005—2009 |
| Mohammad Zahir Aghbar[8][9][10] | 2009—2014 |
| Fahim Hashimy[11][12] | 2014—2015 |
| Mahmood Hanif (acting)[13][14] | 2015—2017 |
| Mohammad Zahir Aghbar | 2017—2018 |
| Hafizullah Wali Rahimi[15][16][17] | 2018—present (de jure) |
| Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen (acting, unrecognized) | 2021–2023 |
| Ahmadullah Wasiq (acting, unrecognized) | 2023–present |
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