Israfeel Kohistani

Mohammad Salim Israfeel Kohistani (born 5 June 1987) is an Afghan footballer who currently plays for Vejen Sports Forening and the Afghanistan national team.

When he was eight years old, Kohistani picked up an unexploded grenade and lost four fingers on his left hand.

He also represented the Afghanistan national football team in the FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers, where they were eliminated by Syria, in 2007.

He recently scored one goal for Afghanistan in Tau Devi Lal Stadium which led Afghanistan 2–0 victory over Bhutan in 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, the second goal was scored by Waheed Nadeem.

He assisted one goal against Palestine in 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification which was scored by Bilal Arzou.

Kohistani and his teammates are celebrating victory 2011 SAFF Championship Semi Final against the tournaments highest ranked team Nepal . It also marked Afghanistan's first win over Nepal.