Ghazi Stadium

Ghazi Stadium (Dari: ورزشگاه غازى; Pashto: غازي لوبغالی) is a multi-purpose stadium located southeast of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, across from Chaman-e-Hozori and Eidgah Mosque.

Ghazi Stadium was built during the reign of King Amanullah Khan in 1923, who is regarded as Ghazi (Hero) for the Afghan victory in the Third Anglo-Afghan War and gaining independence for his nation after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919.

The first international football event held in Ghazi Stadium was between Afghanistan and Iran on January 1, 1941, the game was a draw with neither team scoring.

[2] In 1963, American musician Duke Ellington held a concert here as part of his tour sponsored by the US State Department.

[4] In the year 2000 the stadium was once used by the Taliban government as a venue for public execution of a convicted murderer.