The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess indefinitely, due to gambling concerns. The tactical, strategic board ...

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

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

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

The Taliban Ministry for Promotions of Virtue and Prevention of Vice dissolved the Afghanistan Chess Federation calling the ...

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

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

DUBAI | TASS | The Afghan government has banned chess indefinitely due to “religious considerations” and restrictions set by ...

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

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

Taliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which ...

Chess has been banned in Afghanistan by the Taliban government, which believes the game can be considered a form of gambling.