President Ashraf Ghani has assigned the Attorney General’s Office to probe a “leaked discriminatory document” of the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

The letter was sent by commander of the Afghan Public Protection Force to officials calling for a list of candidate recruits for the anti-riot unit.

The document, leaked to the media earlier this week on Sunday, called for a list of names of people of Hazara, Pashtun, Uzbek and other ethnicities – except Tajiks.

Presidential Palace said in a statement on Friday that the Attorney General’s Office was assigned by President Ghani to investigate the document and act against the perpetrators.

President Ghani has meanwhile assigned Ministry of Interior to reveal all the facts and the steps taken against the issue in a press conference, the statement said.

According to the statement, the interior ministry has been assigned to cooperate with the Attorney General’s Office in this respect.