Yes, Afghanistan sent four athletes to compete at the 2008 Games: 1) Massoud Azizi - men's 100 meter dash
2) Robina Muqimyar - women's 100 meter dash
3) Nesar Ahmad Bahave - men's Taekwondo
4) Rohullah Nikpai - men's taekwondo
Yes, Afghanistan won its first and only Olympic medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing when Rohullah Nikpai won bronze in men's 58 kg taekwondo.
* Afghanistan * Bahrain * Mauritius * Sudan * Tajikistan * Togo
Three millions of girls attend school in Afghanistan
China has the most athletes with 638 competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Afghanistan sent 4 athletes to compete in two sports (athletics, taekwondo) at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in men's taekwondo, flyweight class at the 2008 Games.
According to 'The People's Daily'- the number is... 11,468.
women were not permitted to attend the ancient olympic games
AFGhanistan is the best, of course they are in the Singapore olympic 2010.
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Around 204 countries attended the olympic games 2008 and only half of them even got gold. 3 didn't attend.
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Afghanistan is planning to participate in the 2008 Games. They had been banned by the International Olympic Committee in 1999 in part to the Country's refusal to allow women to participate in sports. They returned to the Games in 2004 and are expected to field a four person team for the 2008 Games that includes one woman.