Viva investigates the fact that Afghan women have been sexually abused

FIFA announced that it was examining reports that Afghan players were victims of sexual and physical abuse,.

Viva said Saturday in a statement, the day after the report of the newspaper "The Guardian" in English, that "these dangerous accusations are under investigation of Viva", stressing his refusal of "any tolerance" with such violations. The International Federation emphasized that it acted with respect for the conservative nature of Afghan society and that it cooperated with the parties concerned to shed light on the facts..

Afghan women's team

The English newspaper pointed out in its report, quoting sources close to the national women's team, that the players' exploitation took place in Afghanistan and sometimes at the headquarters of the local federation of the game, as well as during the day. A training camp organized by the team in Jordan last February..

Former leader Khaleda Bhopal, who fled the country after receiving death threats, repeatedly referred to discrimination against women in Afghanistan, saying that male leaders were adopting a "coercive" tactic. against women.. Local Federation Secretary General Sayed Ali Reza Aghazadeh told reporters in Kabul on Saturday: "This story is false, no football player has been sexually harassed."He said.

"It's easy for us to cancel the women's football team because of the Taliban presence, but we do not want to go back."He said. "We support the women's football team"He said.

Afghanistan, which was under the strict regime of the Islamic Taliban between the mid-1990s and the large-scale military operation launched by Washington and its allies within NATO in 2001, has considerably progressed to strengthen the presence of women in football. Local authorities launched a women's football tournament four years ago.