tafer is a france youth international having played under-17, under-18, and under-19 level. he made his youth international debut with the under-17 team on 2 october 2007 against switzerland. tafer scored a brace in the team's 4–0 victory. on 4 december 2007, tafer scored both goals in the team's 2–1 win over turkey. at the algarve cup in portugal, he helped the team to a 2nd-place finish by scoring his fifth goal of the campaign in the team's 4–2 win against denmark. in the elite round portion of qualification for the 2008 uefa european under-17 football championship, tafer scored a double against israel in the team's second group stage match. france finished the round unbeaten, which led to qualification to the uefa-sanctioned tournament. at the tournament, tafer led all players with four goals scored. he scored all of his goals in the group stage netting one against the republic of ireland, another one against spain, and two goals against switzerland. france later reached the final where they were defeated 4–0 by spain. tafer finished the campaign with the under-17s appearing in 19 matches and scoring a team-high 11 goals.