Twenty one year old Rohullah Nikpai made history by winning Afghanistan's first Olympic medal.

When returning from Beijing, China to his resident city of Kabul, he was given a red carpet welcome by thousands of local Afghans.

As soon as he reached the airport he was picked up and driven straight to Kabul's national stadium and was greeted by a crowd of 5,000 cheering fans.  He was held in high honor as he had made every Afghan around the world proud by bringing home Afghanistan's first Olympic medal.

At the Kabul stadium thousands were cheering him on chanting slogans such as, "Nikpai, the pride of Afghanistan", and "Long live Afghanistan". 

Afghan pride in Afghanistan has always been a common thing among Afghans throughout Afghan history, but this has made every Afghan much more proud.

Prime minister of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, soon after his bronze medal victory called Nikpai and congratulated him of his win. Karzai also awarded him a house at the Afghan governments expense.

The associated press also reported that "Ehsanullah Bayat, chairman of the Afghan Wireless Communication Company, earlier announced that he would award any Afghan athlete who won an Olympic bronze $10,000, along with $50,000 for a gold medal and $25,000 for a silver, said Khalid Andisha, a spokesman for AWCC".

These awards as well as the pride of Afghan Olympics has gotten Nikpai training even harder for the next Olympics in 2012 in hopes of winning the Gold medal.

Many afghans around the world will be training hard for the next Olympics to set a new Olympic medal record for Afghanistan year after year, and receive the rewards from Bayat and Karzai.

Vice president Khalili stated that "it is a matter of pride for all of us, for the government and the people of Afghanistan that this war-ravaged country was able to win a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games". Nikpai's Taekwondo events in Beijing, China were broadcasted on National Afghan Television.

After Nikpai's victory in his interview he stated, "I hope this medal can be a message of peace in Afghanistan".