The Taliban's acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of a broader outreach effort by the West African country to win new trade ...

Uzbekistan’s current Afghanistan policy appears to be inching toward greater practical cooperation with its “circumstantial” ...

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

FIFA has finally recognized the Afghanistan women's soccer team, but only as a refugee team. Allowing women to compete in a ...

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

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

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

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

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

The ban also includes the dissolution of the Afghanistan Chess Federation, with the ministry reportedly labeling the game as ...