Afghanistan enters the slot of top 5 countries after Afghan athletes bagged one silver and two bronze medals in the 10th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship tournament held in Jordon.

FarhadMansouri won a silver medal in the +78kg category for Afghanistan after defeating opponents of Jordan, Uzbekistan and North Korea.

He won silver as he lost the final again Iran.

Murtaza Saleh, another participant beat South Korea and Taiwan to win a bronze whereas HesamRahimi defeated Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to win a bronze.

The championship tournament began on Sunday and came to an end successfully today. The championship witnessed participation from 32 Asian teams.

Iran stood first with South Korea being second, Uzbekistan third and Jordan won the fourth place at the championship whereas Afghanistan stood fifth with 29 points.