The Taliban cling to the argument that the game involves gambling (prohibited by the Quran), a justification previously used ...

The Taliban recently suspended chess in Afghanistan. Chess faced bans previously due to religious concerns. Ironically, Islamic world has a rich chess history. The game originated in India as ...

“Chess in Islamic sharia law is considered a means of gambling”, Atal Mashwani, a spokesman of the Taliban government’s sports directorate, told news agency AFP while confirming the ban. “There are ...

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia glowed under floodlights, its minarets soaring towards the night sky. Turkey’s powerful and radical Islamist President ...

A UN report has found that the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, as well as all women, are under constant attack by the Taliban authorities. https://p.dw.com ...

A UN report reveals escalating human rights violations in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, including persecution of the Ismaili community and forced conversions. Women face systematic oppression ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected drone strike killed four children and wounded five others in northwest Pakistan, prompting thousands of residents to stage a protest by placing the children ...

Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said on Friday in the wake of the first contact between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi Afghanistan is ...

There was a time when the Taliban was completely unreachable for India. When the group returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, India quickly shut down its embassy in Kabul. Back then ...