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ICC issues warrants for Taliban leaders over alleged persecution of women

Afghan women and children wait to be inoculated during a vaccination programme in Aab Bareek village in the Argo district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan [File: Wakil Kohsar/AFP]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders in Afghanistan on charges of abuses against women and girls.

ICC judges on Tuesday said there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhunzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani of committing gender-based persecution.

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