FIFA Bans Afghan Football Chief Pending Sex Abuse Probe
Zeeshan Mehtab Published December 12, 2018 | 11:45 PM
FIFA on Wednesday suspended the president of the Afghanistan Football Federation Keramuddin Karim for 90 days pending an investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse against the national women's team.
FIFA's independent ethics committee said in a statement that the provisional ban "may be extended pending proceedings on the merits of the case.
" Karim is barred from all football-related activities at both the national and international level, the statement said.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has ordered an investigation into claims of abuse by male officials against members of the women's team, which were first reported in Britain's Guardian newspaper.
The Guardian cited what it described as senior figures associated with the women's team who said the abuse had taken place in Afghanistan, including at the AFF headquarters, and at a training camp in Jordan last February.
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