What was the event that Afghanistan competed in for the first time in 2017 officially known as?
Afghanistan at the Deaflympics Afghanistan competed at the Deaflympics for the first time during the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Turkey. Afghani team sent a five member delegation for the Deaflympic event held in 2017, which is the only Deaflympic event where Afghanistan took part. Afghanistan yet to earn a medal at the Deaflympics.
June 2017 Kabul mosque attack On the night of 15 June 2017, a terrorist attack, involving a blast and gunfire, occurred at al-Zahra mosque, a Shia mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack on a crowded mosque killed several people, including a leader of Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras, Hajji Ramazan Hussainzada. Meanwhile, according to an eyewitness, the entire mosque has been damaged in the siege. ISIL claimed to be responsible for the attack.