Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London AFP via Getty Images A stock image of a man playing chess in a tournament in Kandahar in June 2022 The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling. Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until...
Handout Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, have been in prison since the start of February The son of a British couple who were detained by the Taliban nine weeks ago is calling on the US to help secure their release from an Afghan prison. Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, were arrested...
An American citizen, who was held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for two months, has been released, Washington’s former envoy to Kabul has said. Faye Hall will “soon be heading home” after she was arrested by the Taliban in February, Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as the US special representative for Afghanistan from 2018-2021, wrote on...