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On October 5, 2026, the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants for four senior Taliban leaders, including Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, charging them with gender persecution since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021. The court accuses these leaders of implementing policies that severely restrict women’s rights and freedoms, such as education and movement, and target LGBTQI+ individuals. Despite the issuance of warrants, the likelihood of arrests is low given the Taliban's control over Afghanistan and the ICC's lack of enforcement capabilities.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Monday that it will unseal arrest warrants against four senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of gender persecution since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021. The warrants, issued in July and September last year, target the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and head of Supreme Court Abdul Hakim Haqqani, as well as Education Minister Habibullah Agha and Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadim. The charges include crimes against humanity for restricting women from jobs, public spaces, and education beyond primary level. Despite the ICC's move, the likelihood of arresting these suspects remains low due to the Taliban’s control over Afghanistan and the court’s lack of enforcement capability.
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The International Criminal Court on Monday (October 5, 2026) unsealed arrest warrants against four senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender persecution against women, girls and members of the LGBTQI+ community in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
asserted
Taliban → unseal → 2021
The court said in a statement that warrants were issued in July and September last year for the Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani.
asserted
warrants → say → Court
Also wanted are Education Minister Habibullah Agha and Minister of Higher Education Neda Mohammad Nadim.
asserted
Agha → want → Education
The existence of the warrants against Mr. Akhundzada and Mr. Haqqani was revealed last year, but the warrants remained sealed.
asserted
warrants → reveal → Akhundzada
With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan and the court having no police force to execute warrants, the prospect of any of the suspects being arrested is remote.
asserted
prospect → have → suspects
Since they took back control of the country, the Taliban have barred women from jobs, most public spaces and education beyond sixth grade.
asserted
Taliban → take → grade
Last year, Mr. Akhundzada banned buildings from having windows looking into places where a woman might sit or stand.
uncertain
woman → ban → places
Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the court's decision.
asserted
Mujahid → condemn → decision
“Afghanistan does not recognize any court under the title of the “International Court,” nor does it attach any significance to its positions,” he said in a written statement.
asserted
he → recognize → statement
He added, “we are bound by the rulings of Islamic Sharia and its courts, not by intelligence entities or so-called courts.”
asserted
we → add → entities
Former ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced in January last year that he had requested warrants for Akhundzada and Haqqani, saying that his applications “recognize that Afghan women and girls as well as the LGBTQI+ community are facing an unprecedented, unconscionable and ongoing persecution by the Taliban.”
The four suspects are charged with persecution on gender grounds against “girls, women and other persons nonconforming with the Taliban’s policy on gender, gender identity or expression; and on political grounds against persons perceived as ‘allies of girls and women,'” the court said Monday.
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court → announce → girls
Judges who issued the warrants said that the four suspects, “acting on behalf of the Taliban,” implemented a government policy that “resulted in severe violations of fundamental rights and freedoms of the civilian population of Afghanistan, in connection with conducts of murder, imprisonment, torture, rape and enforced disappearance.”
asserted
that → issue → murder
The judges said that the Taliban “specifically targeted girls and women by reason of their gender, depriving them of fundamental rights and freedoms” including education, privacy and family life and the freedoms of movement, expression, thought, conscience and religion.
asserted
Taliban → say → movement
“In addition, other persons were targeted because certain expressions of sexuality and/or gender identity were regarded as inconsistent with the Taliban’s policy on gender,” the judges said.
asserted
judges → target → gender
Rights groups applauded last year when the court issued sealed warrants for the two senior Taliban leaders.
asserted
court → applaud → leaders
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