The Taliban government has banned chess in Afghanistan until further notice, owing to fears that the game is a source of ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have found something new to ban. Officials announced Sunday that chess has been suspended ...

The Taliban has banned chess in Afghanistan, calling it haram under Islamic law. But this isn’t the first time the game has ...

Homeland Security’s notice to the federal government claims there have been “notable improvements” in Afghanistan’s national security, now under the control of the Taliban, and “requiring the return ...

Religious considerations’ and questions over the ‘propagation of virtue’ cited as reasons for indefinite suspension of the ...

Mohammad is one of thousands of Afghans in immigration limbo in the U.S. after they risked their lives to help the American ...

Militant organisation, the Taliban, has banned chess across Afghanistan on the claim that the game is a source of gambling, ...

The Taliban government has steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect its austere vision of Islamic law since seizing ...

The Taliban released two Americans in late March. The U.S. canceled its bounty on the country’s interior minister. A ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has officially banned the game of chess nationwide, stating that it conflicts with ...

Female soccer players fled Afghanistan, but from around the world they are campaigning to be able to represent their country ...

The Taliban has added chess to the long list of things banned in Afghanistan over its possible violation of Islamic law. Taliban officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until the ...