Keramuddin Keram (born 1 January 1962) is an Afghan politician who served as
Governor of Panjshir Province from 21 April 2010 until 2 November 2013. Keram served as the President of the
Afghanistan Football Federation
The Afghanistan Football Federation AFF; is the governing body of football in Afghanistan, overseeing the organization, promotion, and regulation of all national teams and leagues. Established in 1922, the AFF joined FIFA in 1948 and became a ...
from 2004 until 2019, when he was banned from football for life by
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
after being accused of sexual abuse by several players from the
Afghanistan women's national football team
The Afghanistan women's national football team (Dari: تیم ملی فوتبال زنان افغانستان) was the women's national team of Afghanistan until the fall of Kabul in August 2021. They played under the authority of the Afghanist ...
. Despite an indictment and arrest warrant being issued against him, Keram is not only remain at large, but he also pledged allegiance to the
Taliban
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* Mullah Omar{{Natural Causes{{nbsp(1994–2013)
* Akhtar Mansour{{Assassinated (2015–2016)
* Hibatullah Akhundzada (2016–present) ...
after their
takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.
Sexual assault allegations
In 2018, an investigation was launched when several players of
Afghanistan women's national football team
The Afghanistan women's national football team (Dari: تیم ملی فوتبال زنان افغانستان) was the women's national team of Afghanistan until the fall of Kabul in August 2021. They played under the authority of the Afghanist ...
alleged that Karim had sexually assaulted, threatened and physically attacked them.
On June 8, 2019,
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
barred Keram, who was president of Afghanistan's soccer association, from the sport for life after reports that he had threatened and sexually assaulted players. He was also fined about USD $1 million. Following this, a warrant was issued for his arrest.
In August 2020, special forces attempted to arrest Keram in
Panjshir, but were unsuccessful, with
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Headquartered in New York City, the group investigates and reports on issues including War crime, war crimes, crim ...
reporting that Keram had the protection of a local militia. Only on August and September 2021 he resurfaced allegedly to assist the
Taliban
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* Mullah Omar{{Natural Causes{{nbsp(1994–2013)
* Akhtar Mansour{{Assassinated (2015–2016)
* Hibatullah Akhundzada (2016–present) ...
to defeat the
Islamic Republic
The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways. Some Muslim religious leaders have used it as the name for a form of Islamic theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia. The term has also been used for a s ...
government forces in Panjshir after the Taliban's
takeover of Kabul and since then he pledged allegiance to the Taliban government.
See also
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Politics of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a theocracy, theocratic emirate with a Totalitarianism, totalitarian regime ruled by the Taliban, a political and miliant Islamism, Islamist movement adhere the Deobandi jihadism, Deobandi jihadist ideology with Pashtunwali influen ...
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List of current governors of Afghanistan
This is a table chart of the current governors of Afghanistan. Provincial governors are all appointed by the supreme leader of Afghanistan. Provincial governors are often interchanged between provinces and it is not uncommon for the governor of ...
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Provinces of Afghanistan
The provinces of Afghanistan ( ''Wilayah, wilāyat'') are the primary administrative divisions. Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces. Each province encompasses a number of Districts of Afghanistan, districts or usually over 1,000 villages.
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References
External links
1962 births
Governors of Panjshir Province
Living people
Association football executives
Afghan Tajik people
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