India U-18 and U-15 might be invited to the junior CAFA championships this year. AIFF has done a good job by requesting to be invited for all CAFA games
It might be similar to CONMEBOL inviting nations for Copa America from other Confederations. Though Mexico not in CONMEBOL , they have played 10 championships.
CAFA formed some 6 years ago, but still so far there is no Senior or U23 Men's CAFA Championship.
Also my observation is though Iran is main reason for formation of new Association, they are not an active member. So far all championships ( Youth & Women's ) are hosted either by Uzbekistan or Tajikistan and future events planned in Tajikistan.
Afghanistan will not be able to Host and can be ruled out. Kyrgyzstan infrastructure is not good. Not sure about Turkmenistan. But Iran has all facilities & infrastructure to host the events.
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Though Mexico not in CONMEBOL , they have played 10 championships.