Keramuddin Keram


Keramuddin Keram is a politician in Afghanistan, who has served as Governor of Panjshir Province till November 2, 2013. He was Chief of staff in the Ministry of Defense under Mohammed Fahim between 2002 and December 2004. He is an ethnic Tajik. He is the current president of the Afghanistan Football Federation, a position he has held since 2004.

Sexual assault allegations

In 2018, an investigation was launched when several players of Afghanistan women's national football team has alleged that Karim sexually assaulted, threatened and physically attacked them.
On June 8, 2019, FIFA 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.