The country's football federation announced that with the end of the under-20 Central Asia (CAFA) football competition, the country's national team won the fair play award.

Former Afghan football official Mohammad Hanif Sediqi Rustam has been banned from the sport for five years and fined 10,000 Swiss francs after being found guilty by FIFA's ethics committee of violations relating to the abuse of female players.

Afghanistan's attorney general slapped a travel ban on five top football officials Friday, hours after graphic details emerged of alleged sexual and physical abuse against members of the women's national team.

FIFA has provisionally banned the head of Afghanistan's football federation following accusations of sexual and physical abuse of female players.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has widened its investigation into complaints of discrimination within the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) following new allegations of sexual and physical abuse.