Karim Khan said he had asked the ICC to approve arrest warrants for the group’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court head Abdul Hakim Haqqani who have been accused of crimes ...

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On January 23, 2025, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II in the Situation in ...

Karim Khan identified the suspects as the Taliban supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and his chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, saying his action is based on a thorough investigation and ...

The requested warrants target Haibatullah Akhundzada, the reclusive Kandahar-based leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the group’s chief justice. Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor ...

The two individuals named in the request are Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's supreme spiritual leader, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the group's chief justice since 2021. Khan's office stated ...

A statement issued by the office of ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan on Thursday said investigators found reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, who has served as ch ...

The prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in a statement that the Taliban’s leader, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the head of Afghanistan’s supreme court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, had committed a ...

A statement issued by the office of chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said investigators found reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, who has served as chief justice ...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani, called on Afghans living abroad to return home and on the nation to become more united. Speaking in Mazar-e-Sharif ...

He added: “We have to make sure that the caliphate that was lost for ISIS in Iraq and Syria ... President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday met with Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s ...