“My office has concluded that these two Afghan nationals are criminally responsible for persecuting Afghan girls and women, as well as persons whom the Taliban perceived as not conforming to their ideological expectations of gender identity or expression, and persons whom the Taliban perceived as allies of girls and women,” Mr Khan said in a statement on Thursday, referring to the Taliban leaders.
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant against Taliban leaders for persecuting Afghan women Supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court chief Abdul Hakim Haqqani accused of crimes against humanity.
Karim Khan said he had asked the ICC to approve arrest warrants for the group’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court head Abdul Hakim Haqqani who have been accused of crimes against humanity for gender-based persecution.
The Taliban’s leaders could face arrest for enacting repressive policies against girls and women in Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said on Thursday.
"These applications recognise that Afghan women and girls as well as the LGBTQI+ community are facing an unprecedented, unconscionable and ongoing persecution by the Taliban," Mr Khan said.
