The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has requested arrest warrants for Taliban leaders due to their oppressive policies against Afghan women and girls. The Taliban, since regaining power in 2021, have instituted severe restrictions, including barring women from work and excluding girls from high school, resulting in what has been described as gender apartheid. The systematic persecution has led many women to flee Afghanistan while those remaining live under oppressive laws. Khan emphasized that these actions constitute a crime against humanity and highlighted the urgent need for accountability.
The extreme measures instituted by the Taliban against women and girls have been described as gender apartheid, leading to their total exclusion from public life.
Karim Khan stated that the Taliban leadership had committed crimes against humanity by perpetrating severe persecution on the basis of gender.
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