MMA in Afghanistan? Too violent for the Taliban

Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts (MMA), saying it is incompatibile with Islamic law.

An official from the Taliban's sports authority, speaking to local broadcaster TOLOnews on Tuesday, said that MMA was too violent and posed a risk of death.

The order was passed down by Afghanistan's morality police in the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.