National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

National 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), unrecognizably known as General 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) during Taliban takeover, formerly known as Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (Pashto: کمیته ملی المپیک افغانستان, Dari: کمیته ملی المپیک افغانستان), is the National Olympic Committee representing Afghanistan.

Committee presidents are elected at Extraordinary General Assemblies (EGAs).

Hafizullah Wali Rahimi was elected as president of the committee in 2018.

Following the 2021 Taliban takeover, Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen was appointed in his place.

[6] In May 2024, the Taliban government, in violation of the Olympic 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 by Ahmadullah Wasiq[failed verification].

Parade of athletes in Chaman-e-Hozori , following the flag of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee in the 1930s
Flag of the Olympic Committee used in the 30s
Logo of the Olympic Committee from the period of the first Republic (1974–1978)