ICC Expands Case Against Taliban Over Women's Rights Crackdown
What Happened
The International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants for Habibullah Agha, Afghanistan's education minister, and Neda Mohammad Nadeem, the higher education minister. The court alleges they are responsible for crimes against humanity through policies that barred girls over age 12 from schooling and excluded women from higher education after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
Key Takeaways
The warrants increase international legal pressure on the Taliban leadership and mark another step in the ICC's efforts to hold Afghan officials accountable for alleged gender-based persecution. The move follows earlier warrants against Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court chief Abdul Hakim Haqqani.