Politics
Three of the four Afghans who left Afghanistan to play Chess Olympiad are under arrest in Kabul
Athletes are under house arrest and risk physical punishment, as play is prohibited by the Taliban Government on religious grounds
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Olimpiada Ajedrez
Politics
Escape Afghanistan to compete at the chess Olympics, a game forbidden for religious reasons
Four of the Afghans at the international meeting in Samarkand in Uzbekistan left their country despite the Taliban Government's refusal and now fear reprisals upon return
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He can't talk or just move, but he plays chess with his eyes.
The Uzbek Abbas Eshmuratov has needed two assistants with him during the paraobliviada in Samarkand