Taliban minister says ICC should prosecute Israel, US as court seeks warrants for its leaders

The International Criminal Court should prosecute the US and Israel, not the Taliban, declares Afghanistan’s deputy interior minister, Mohammad Nabi Omari.

“If these were fair and true courts, they should have brought America to the court, because it is America that has caused wars,” he says at an event in Khost city attended by an AFP journalist, adding that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should also be brought before the court.

The ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said earlier this week that he is seeking arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity.

Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have barred women from many jobs and most public spaces, and have excluded them from education beyond sixth grade.

The ICC already has an arrest warrant out for Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

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