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The Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?

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A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?

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The Taliban Supreme Court has announced the execution of a public flogging sentence on eight men and one woman in Kabul and Samangan provinces. The court issued a statement saying that yesterday (Monday, June 16), seven people were publicly flogged in Kabul on charges of buying, selling and smuggling narcotics and alcoholic beverages. According to the Taliban Supreme Court’s statement, these individuals were flogged between 10 and 39 lashes and …

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npr broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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