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

The Taliban has prohibited chess in Afghanistan. The decision is due to religious concerns. The Ministry of Promotion of ...

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

The Taliban has prohibited chess in Afghanistan. The ministry of promotion of virtue and prevention of vice claims chess is ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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