{"id":16201,"date":"2026-06-29T14:31:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/29\/afghanistan-1500km-off-road-motorcycle-race-20-riders\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:31:03","slug":"afghanistan-1500km-off-road-motorcycle-race-20-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/29\/afghanistan-1500km-off-road-motorcycle-race-20-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Motorcyclists Compete in Afghanistan\u2019s 1,500-Kilometer Off-Road Touring Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural &#8220;Tour of Afghanistan&#8221; motorcycle competition has begun in Kabul with the participation of 20 athletes. The race is set to cover a challenging 1,500-kilometer route, concluding in Badakhshan province. This event is organized by the country&#8217;s Motorcycle Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will ride off-road motorcycles over approximately 1,500 kilometers within five days. The competition spans eight provinces, where riders will showcase their technical skills across various road conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers state that the purpose of this sporting tour is to enhance the technical capabilities of the athletes, identify top talents, and select deserving candidates for Afghanistan\u2019s national off-road motorcycle racing team.<\/p>\n<p>The Motorcycle Federation expressed hope that hosting such competitions will foster the growth of this sport and encourage youth participation across different provinces of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s first 1,500 km off-road motorcycle race begins in Kabul with 20 riders competing to boost sporting talent nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}