Afghanistan are looking forward to taking medals in some events like taekwondo, wrestling, boxing, karate during the Doha Asian Games, said Afghanistan Olympic Committee (AOC) media chief here on Monday.

"Afghanistan send a 86-men-delegation, including 51 athletes, to take part in 11 events at Doha Asiad, and the number of athletes is a double of those who took part in the Busan Asian Games four years ago," AOC media spokesman Ghurob told Xinhua.

"Because of the harsh training conditions in the country, most of Afghan athletes are now training in Iran and India, and will head for Doha directly when the matches begin."

"Although we can not compare with other nations with regard to the sports facilities, finance and general environment, we are still likely to fight for medals in certain events."

Ghurob said the Doha Games will provide a good stage for Afghanistan to show its new image to Asia and the world as well, to let the world know the new changes of the nation after wartime, which lasted for more than 20 years.

"The Afghan people like sports and the Afghan athletes will cherish the Asian Games as a good communication platform with other nations.

"We are improving our sports level. We got a bronze medal four years ago at Busan, and did well in the last two South Asia Games. We are progressing quickly."