ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant against Taliban leaders for persecuting Afghan women - Supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court chief Abdul Hakim Haqqani accused of crimes against hu

KABUL - Afghanistan's Taliban foreign ministry said on Friday it \"strongly condemns\" and rejects the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders. Read more at straitstimes.

Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Friday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court for its leaders was "politically motivated". It comes a day after the ICC chief prosecutor said he was seeking warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women a crime against humanity.