ICC's request to reopen an investigation into Afghanistan war crimes gets approved
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ICC prosecutors are reopening a case regarding war crimes in Afghanistan. Prosecutors believe authorities in the country are not carrying out meaningful probes into alleged crimes..
The decision comes just over a year after Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that he wanted to resume an ICC probe in Afghanistan because under the country’s new Taliban rulers there was "no longer the prospect of genuine and effective domestic investigations" in the country.
Judges at the global court authorized an investigation by Khan’s predecessor, Fatou Bensouda, in 2020 covering offenses allegedly committed by Afghan government forces, the Taliban, American troops and U.S. foreign intelligence operatives dating back to 2002. The United States are not a member of the court and do not recognize its jurisdiction.