Taliban-controlled media say the group's acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian ...

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

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

The latest restriction is part of a broader clampdown spearheaded by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Did you know Robert De Niro once had tea with the Taliban during a research trip to Afghanistan for a film he directed?