Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan claimed Friday that an ICC arrest warrant asking for its leaders was “politically motivated.”
The ICC head prosecutor said a day earlier that he was requesting warrants against top Taliban figures in Afghanistan for the crime against humanity of persecuting women.
“Like many other decisions of the ICC, it is devoid of a fair legal basis, is a matter of double standards, and is politically motivated,” the foreign ministry said in a statement shared on the social media site X.
“It is regrettable that this institution has turned a blind eye to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by foreign forces and their domestic allies during the twenty-year occupation of Afghanistan,” it stated.
