Afghanistan has long been linked to cross-border terrorism. That could prove a major factor if the combatants shift from ...

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

The Taliban-controlled government of Afghanistan opened a “dialogue” with the United States as Congress voiced concern about ...

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was caught off-guard by the Cannes Film Festival's updated dress code and had to switch her ...

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

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

In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially ...

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

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

Kabul: The Taliban has banned chess in Afghanistan due to religious concerns, continuing its opposition to various forms of ...

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