Afghan Pro Soccer League Begins Second Season

Afghan soccer players at a training session at a Kabul stadium on September 2.

Afghan pro football players training at a Kabul stadium on September 2.

The Afghan soccer players eating lunch at their communal house in Kabul on September 2.

Afghan players practicing in Kabul on September 2.

Afghan footballers participate in a training session at the Kabul stadium on September 2.

Afghan football player Emal Mangal (left), 19, talks with other players in his dorm room in Kabul on September 2.

Afghan players relax in their dormitory.

Afghan footballers play a video game in a dorm room while others watch at their communal house in Kabul.

Afghan soccer players dance in their dorm room in Kabul.

Afghan football players training in Kabul with a poster of legendary Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Masud in the background.