ALBAWABA - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is working to issue arrest warrants against some Taliban leaders over the persecution of Afghan women.
AFP reported that chief prosecutor Karim Khan revealed that there are some good reasons to suspect that both Afghan's Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani "bear criminal responsibility for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds".
"Our action signals that the status quo for women and girls in Afghanistan is not acceptable," he noted adding that women and girls, as well as the LGBTQI+ community, under the Taliban rule, are subjected to "unprecedented, unconscionable and ongoing persecution.
After taking power in August 2021, the Taliban authorities banned women and females from their basic rights such as education and work. Women are also forced to wear veil in public and travel only with
