Prosecutor has sought arrest warrants for Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, Afghan interim Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani - Anadolu Ajansı

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Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Friday condemned the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants against their supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and his chief justice for alleged persecution of women and girls.

Kabul (AFP) – Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country ...

Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Stanekzai faces an arrest warrant and exit ban after criticizing Hibatullah Akhundzada’s policies on women’s education. Reports suggest he fled to Dubai under pressure.

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that arrest warrants have been issued for Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the Taliban’s chief justice.

The Hague-based ICC is mandated to rule on the world’s worst offenses, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court has no police force and relies on its 125 member states to execute its arrest warrants. Taliban officials did not immediately offer any response to the ICC announcement.

Zalmay Khalilzad, former US special envoy for Afghanistan, called Afghan deputy foreign minister Stanikzai's critique of the ban on women's education a promising development. Stanikzai urged the Taliban leader to lift the ban,

The International Criminal Court, a U.N. agency, has to approve the warrants. They've been condemned by the Taliban and welcomed by Afghan women and their advocates — with some reservations.

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone ... province in 2017. After Kabul's fall in summer 2021, the "emir ...

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since reclaiming power in 2021,

A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada along a road in Kabul - Copyright AFP/File Wakil KOHSAR A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah ...