Officials suspended after probe into allegations Afghan women's football team players molested

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Hamid Shalizi

Afghanistan's attorney general has suspended the head of the Afghan Football Federation after a probe into allegations of sexual abuse of members of the national women's football team, a spokesman said yesterday.

President Ashraf Ghani ordered an investigation after Britain's 'Guardian' newspaper reported last week that senior figures linked to the Afghan women's team alleged that some players had been molested by officials from the football federation.