The move to ban chess is just the latest in an long list of restrictions to cultural, social and sporting events in Afghanistan.

The protections were offered by the Biden administration after the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and deteriorating ...

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

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

Refugees from Afghanistan previously granted temporary protected status may now be forced to return to a region many feel is ...

The US Department of Homeland Security on May 12 announced an end protections for some Afghans living in the United States ...

The Taliban has added chess to the long list of things banned in Afghanistan over its possible violation of Islamic law.

A program that grants Afghans relief from deportation could come to an end in July, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Chess has become the latest casualty in Afghanistan, as the Taliban suspends the game over religious alignment issues ...

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

Three years after the chaotic and abrupt US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country remains under Taliban control – but the ...

The Taliban has now knocked out chess from the reach of its people as the game has been prohibited in the country due to ...