**ICC Prosecutor Targets Taliban Leaders for Gender-Based Crimes Against Women in Afghanistan**

Fri Mar 14 2025 16:55:25 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)
**ICC Prosecutor Targets Taliban Leaders for Gender-Based Crimes Against Women in Afghanistan**

The International Criminal Court aims to hold Taliban leaders accountable for the widespread persecution of Afghan women and girls.


The ICC prosecutor’s pursuit of justice against the Taliban leadership underscores the ongoing human rights crisis in Afghanistan following the group's return to power.

In a recent statement, Karim Khan, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he will seek arrest warrants for top Taliban officials, citing reasonable grounds to accuse them of committing crimes against humanity focused on gender persecution. Khan specifically pointed to Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani as individuals criminally responsible for ongoing violence against women and girls, a problem that reached critical levels since the Taliban's resurgence in August 2021.

As the ICC weighs the request for arrest warrants, the prosecutor highlighted the brutal repression against those opposing the Taliban's ideological stance, which includes murder, torture, enforced disappearances, and sexual violence against women. The situation has severely deteriorated, with the Taliban implementing stringent "morality laws" that strip women of numerous rights.

Historically, Akhundzada has been a pivotal figure in the Taliban since the 1980s, while Haqqani has played significant roles in both Taliban negotiations and governance. The collective leadership has since led to Afghanistan becoming the only country worldwide forbidding women from secondary and higher education—a grim statistic affecting over 1.5 million Afghan girls.

Despite Taliban leaders vowing to provide educational access under certain conditions, there has been no substantial change, and their restrictions have extended further to public life, including prohibitions on women entering public spaces like parks and gyms. The closure of beauty salons and the imposition of a strict dress code are emblematic of the regime's policies to control women's presence in society.

As the world watches, the ICC's actions may bring hope for justice amid this systemic oppression, while the Taliban have remained largely unresponsive to the accumulating international scrutiny and condemnation.

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