The ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber concluded there is sufficient reason to believe that Akhundzada and Haqqani bear responsibility for these sweeping and systemic abuses, prompting the issuance of arrest warrants.

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two top Taliban officials over a plethora of allegations of crimes against women and young girls. The court, based in the Hague, Netherlands,