Afghanistan's sports caravan in fifteen sports, with 128 people, 82 of whom were athletes and 46 were accompanied by coaches and delegations, led by Kimia Yousefi and Mohammad Khaled Hotak, marched in the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games. There were 17 women among the athletes.

Despite the fact that no female athletes from Afghanistan have been sent to these games; But a number of Afghan women athletes in volleyball, shower and cycling have come from outside the country to these competitions.